Noun:

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detritus's Usage Examples:

found in almond orchards among plant detritus and poultry farms among chicken manure.

chiefly composed of low sandstone and conglomerate hills, the solidified and upheaved detritus of the great range in their rear.

Detritivores are heterotrophs which obtain nutrients by consuming detritus (decomposing plant and animal parts as well as feces).

widespread but rather rare species, it is found in Europe, where it grows as a saprobe on woody debris and detritus.

in the sediment as protection and may also have fed upon detritus or the mat of microbes which tended to grow on the surface of the sediment.

pit contains a rubble slope where detritus, plant materials and animal carrions, fallen down from the external environment, are collected.

of sandstone and conglomerate formations, which are the solidified and upheaved detritus of the great range of Himalaya.

living biomass of microbes, fresh and partially decomposed detritus, and humus.

exhausted some move on to feed on bacteria, algal crusts, detritus and raspings from submerged plants.

macroscopic swallowing of detritus (as an earthworm does) versus microscopic lysis of detritus (as a mushroom does).

Source rocks and detritus are transported by gravity.

Finally, the oil is decanted away from the heavier watery phase, which contains detritus from breaking.

They feed on algae, bacteria, protozoans and detritus on wet stones and plant matter.

Synonyms:

material, stuff,

Antonyms:

tense, dehydrate, tightness, strengthen, increase,