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detritivore (s) (noun), detritivores (pl)
Feeding on fragmented particulate or eating very small pieces, or particles, of organic matter: The unusual fish, known as a detritivore, is a bottom feeder in the slow moving water of the stream.

All species of life eventually die, and detritivores are a class of organisms that feed on dead bodies.

The various kinds of detritivores can themselves be divided into a food web, based on the feeding relationships among the species. In this sense, primary detritivores feed directly on the dead biomass, while secondary detritivores feed on these direct consumers of detritus.

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