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Mucous-Bag Suspension Feeder: Suspension feeder employing a sheet or bag of mucus to trap particles nonselectively

Substrate Feeders: Animals such as earthworms or termites that eat the soil or wood through which they burrow.

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Suspension: A heterogenous mixture in which droplets or particles are suspended in a liquid.

Suspension Feeder: An organism that feeds by capturing particles suspended in the water column

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Tentacle-Tube-Foot Suspension Feeder: Suspension feeder that traps particles on distinct tentacles or tube feet (in echinoderms)

Suspension Ligament: The ligament arising from a bone surface which surrounds and supports an endosseous or subperiosteal implant.

Ingestive Feeders: Animals that ingest food through a mouth.

Fluid Feeders: Animals such as aphids, ticks, and mosquitoes that pierce the body of a host plant or animal and obtain food from ingesting its fiuids.