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The food web is one of the first concepts students learn in ecology.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
This remarkable process not only sustains the food web but also plays a crucial role in sequestering carbon, thereby reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere.
—Sahit Muja, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
However, the food web is complicated, and just because the warmer weather benefits the moths on paper doesn’t mean the moths will end up on top.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
Reefs are a major part of the ocean food web, with nooks and crannies filled with worms, shrimps and other creatures.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1932, in the meaning defined above
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“Food web.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20web. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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food web
noun
: the whole group of interacting food chains in an ecological community
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