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decomposer
[ dee-kuhm-poh-zer ]
noun
- a person or thing that decomposes.
- Ecology. an organism, usually a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substances.
decomposer
/ dē′kəm-pō′zər /
- See detritivore
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Example Sentences
When a living thing dies, its tissue becomes food for decomposers.
However, he said nothing, and felt sure his morphia could not be detected in beer by any decomposer but the stomach.
From Project Gutenberg
You put in a good inferior article of plumbing,—such as you find everywhere—and add my decomposer, and there you are.
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