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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ˈfood ˌchain, n. [countable]
  1. Ecologya series of interrelated organisms in which the smallest is fed upon by a larger one, which in turn feeds a still larger one.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
food′ chain′, 
  1. Ecologya series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits, the smallest being fed upon by a larger one, which in turn feeds a still larger one, etc.
  2. Nutritionthe chain from a food source to the ultimate consumer.
  • 1925–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
food chain n
  1. a sequence of organisms in an ecosystem in which each species is the food of the next member of the chain
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