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limivorous

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li⋅miv⋅o⋅rous

  [lahy-miv-er-uhs]
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–adjective Ecology.
of or pertaining to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it.
Origin:
< L līm(us) slime, mud + -i- + -vorous, perh. on the model of limicolous
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