Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
detritivores.
Russian translation:
детритофаги
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Oct 30, 2009 12:56
14 yrs ago
English term
detritivores.
English to Russian
Science
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
detritivores.
Over a few million years the invasions produced a thriving community of arthropods adapted to life on land as detritivores.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | детритофаги |
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Oct 30, 2009 13:00: Maksym Nevzorov changed "Field" from "Other" to "Science"
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детритофаги
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Note added at 2 mins (2009-10-30 12:58:57 GMT)
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Варианты: некрофаги, падальщики
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Детритофаги
Детритофа́ги (от лат. detritus — распад, продукт распада и греч. φάγος — пожиратель) или некрофаги или падальщики - животные и простисты, которые питаются разлагающимся органическим материалом (детритом), мертвечиной, падалью. Противопоставляются хищнику, однако эти классы не исключают друг друга.
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