filter-feeder

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Any marine or freshwater animal that derives nutrition from the surrounding water by setting up its own current so that the water passes through a filter-like structure, trapping organic particles
Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives
An aquatic animal, such as a clam, barnacle, or sponge, that feeds by filtering particulate organic material from water