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Examples of detritus
detritus
Rotifers eat partuculate organis detritus, dead bacteria, algae, and protozoans.
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In the distance, the detritus of a century of oil exploration lines the horizon.
From the post-gazette.com
The detritus from this smash-up can then oxidise, or destroy, methane molecules.
From the newscientist.com
They are primarily grazers and detritus eaters with very wide food preferences.
From the sciencedaily.com
Who knows what sort of loathsome detritus he'd seen while parking celebrity SUVs?
From the news-journalonline.com
Most millipedes are slower than centipedes, and feed on leaf litter and detritus.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Xenophobes are xenophobes, happy with the detritus from the tables of the rich.
From the guardian.co.uk
Hours later, shoes, camping chairs and other detritus was strewn across the site.
From the guardian.co.uk
Have a plan for managing toys, mail, laundry, paperwork and other daily detritus.
From the denverpost.com
- Debris: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
- In biology, detritus is non-living particulate organic material (as opposed to dissolved organic material). It typically includes the bodies or fragments of dead organisms as well as fecal material. ...
- Trolls in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, unlike the monstrous trolls of folklore and J.R.R. Tolkien, have been subverted into a moderately civilised race. Trolls on the Discworld are, essentially, living, mobile rocks. ...
- Detritus (adjective detrital) is a geological term used to describe particles of rock derived from pre-existing rock through processes of weathering and erosion. Detrital particles can consist of lithic fragments (particles of recognisable rock), or of monomineralic fragments (mineral grains). ...
- This is a list of planets appearing in the fictional Transformers storyline.
- Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion; Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals; debris or fragments of disintegrated material
- Boulders, rocks, gravel, sand, soil that has eroded from mountains over time.
- Organic waste matter that collects on the bottom of fish tanks.
- Loose fragments, particles, or grains formed by the disintegration of rocks.
