food chain
noun/ˈfuːd tʃeɪn/
/ˈfuːd tʃeɪn/
(usually the food chain)
- a series of living creatures in which each type of creature feeds on the one below it in the series
- Insects are fairly low down (on) the food chain.
- Pesticides work their way up the food chain from plants, through insects and birds to humans.
- efforts to ensure that dioxins do not enter the food chain
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- (informal) a system or structure in which the people or organizations that are part of it are seen as having different levels of importance, success, etc.
- These guys are at the top of the food chain when it comes to earnings.
- the series of stages that food passes along as it goes from being grown or produced to being sold and then eaten
- They are focused on ensuring that contaminated crops do not enter the food chain.
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