FOOD PYRAMID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does food pyramid mean? 

• FOOD PYRAMID (noun)
  The noun FOOD PYRAMID has 1 sense:

1. (ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principal predator at the top; each level preys on the level below

  Familiarity information: FOOD PYRAMID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOD PYRAMID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principal predator at the top; each level preys on the level below

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("food pyramid" is a kind of...):

organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)

Domain category:

bionomics; ecology; environmental science (the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment)