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| troph·ic lev·el (plural troph·ic lev·els) |
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stage in food chain: a stage in a food chain that reflects the number of times energy has been transferred through feeding, e.g. when plants are eaten by animals that are in turn eaten by predators. Plants and plant-eating animals occupy the first two levels, followed by carnivores, usually to a maximum of six levels.
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