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Etymology
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From
plastic
+
-vore
.
Noun
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plastivore
(
plural
plastivores
)
(
biology
,
ecology
)
A biological
organism
(
microbial
or otherwise) which consumes and breaks down plastics (synthetic
polymer
s).
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Meronym:
plastizyme
References
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“These animals can eat plastic waste”, in
World Economic Forum
[1]
, 2020 March 10
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English terms suffixed with -vore
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