FOOD CYCLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

Synonyms:

food cycle; food web

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("food cycle" is a kind of...):

organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)

Meronyms (parts of "food cycle"):

food chain ((ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member)

Domain category:

bionomics; ecology; environmental science (the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment)