any of several unrelated plants modified to capture and digest animals, especially insects, which supply nitrogen that may otherwise be unavailable in their habitat
Alternative spelling of filter feeder [(biology) Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives.]
(informal) A fanciful life form that is part human and part beast; a creature recognizable as human but possessing physical or primitive behavioral characteristics that are exclusive to animals.
An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
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