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  1. detritus

    • rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.
    • any disintegrated material; debris. any disintegrated material; debris.
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    de·tri·tus

    • 1. Loose fragments or grains that have been worn away from rock.
    • 2. Disintegrated or eroded matter; debris: the detritus of past civilizations.
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    detritus

    • the detritus of ancient civilizations
    • As he packed, he sifted through the detritus of a failed relationship. As he packed, he sifted through the detritus of a failed relationship.
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    The detritus of civilization may include junkyards and abandoned buildings; mental detritus may include all kinds of useless trivia. Notice how this word is pronounced; for some reason, people often try to accent the first syllable rather than the second.
    Detritus typically includes the bodies or fragments of bodies of dead organisms, and fecal material. Detritus typically hosts communities of microorganisms that colonize and decompose (i.e., remineralize) it.
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    Microorganisms (such as bacteria or fungi) break down detritus, and this microorganism-rich material is eaten by invertebrates, which are in turn eaten by vertebrates. Many freshwater streams have detritus rather than living plants as their energy base. This article was most recently revised and updated by John P. Rafferty.
    This example of detritus commonly consists of organic materials such as dead phytoplankton and zooplankton, the outer walls of diatoms and coccolithophores, dead skin and scales of fish, and fecal pellets. This material will slowly sink to the seafloor, where it makes up the majority of sediment in some areas.
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    de·tritus
    [dɪˈtrʌɪtəs]
    noun
    detritus (noun)
      • gravel, sand, silt, or other material produced by erosion.
      • organic matter produced by the decomposition of organisms.
    Origin
    late 18th century (in the sense ‘detrition’): from French détritus, from Latin detritus, from deterere ‘wear away’.
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    Detritus (biologie) - Wikipedia

    Detritus (Latijn: afval) is elk dood organisch materiaal. In engere zin worden er de in de wateren zwevende organische deeltjes mee bedoeld die afkomstig zijn van dode organismen en die al door mechanische (niet-chemische) processen zijn verkleind. Ook vallen er de organische uitscheidingen van organismen … See more

    Detritus vormt voor een aantal groepen van dierlijke organismen een belangrijk voedsel-bestanddeel; dergelijke organismen worden … See more

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