BOTTOM-FEEDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bottom-feeding mean? 

• BOTTOM-FEEDING (adjective)
  The adjective BOTTOM-FEEDING has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to fish and marine life that feed on the bottom of a body of water

  Familiarity information: BOTTOM-FEEDING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOTTOM-FEEDING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to fish and marine life that feed on the bottom of a body of water

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

bottom-feeder (a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water)