food chain

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Noun

food chain (plural food chains)

1. The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.
2. (idiomatic) A hierarchy.

   With my promotion this month I will continue my steady journey to the top of the food chain.

Related terms

• food web
• trophic level

Translations

• French: chaîne alimentaire
• German: Nahrungskette
• Italian: catena alimentare
• Portuguese: cadeia alimentar
• Russian: пищева́я цепь
• Spanish: cadena alimentaria, cadena trófica

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