Examples of 'detritus' in a sentence
Meaning of "detritus"
Detritus refers to waste material, debris, or fragments resulting from the disintegration or breakdown of something larger, often found in natural environments
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- Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
- Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.
- Any debris or fragments of disintegrated material.
How to use "detritus" in a sentence
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Some green detritus under the fingernails.
Bag and tag all the detritus.
Detritus forced me to prepare them magic potion.
Spectators threw detritus onto the stage.
I had to create this sanctuary of stinking detritus.
Some accumulation of detritus between sand waves.
The sucker will also consume detritus.
The detritus of our new society.
Trapped with the forgotten in my detritus home.
It had to be emptied of detritus before restoration could begin.
Most are nocturnal and appear to feed on detritus.
Clear away all the detritus of our lives.
The diet consisted of diatoms and detritus.
There was no street detritus on her clothes.
Dealt with a quick bit of administrative detritus.
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It also feeds on detritus and plankton.
As you can see from the detritus.
Here it feeds on detritus and microorganisms.
Detritus looked mildly offended at this.
Its diet consists of detritus and terrestrial insects.
A detritus food web occurs in the absence of sunlight.
They feed on vegetable detritus and small algae.
White sucker feeds on benthic species and detritus.
Eliminate this detritus to improve durability and performance.
You sift through the detritus.
The accumulated detritus of more than twenty years.
Most of them are herbivores or detritus feeders.
Because the detritus food chain is.
Whose sacrifices will be forgotten as detritus.
A detritus and algal feeder.
He writes his case notes on detritus.
The detritus showed different mineralization and hs formation potentials.
Larvae feed on microorganisms and organic detritus in water.
It eats detritus and microorganisms.
It inhabits mirky waters accompanied with organic detritus.
Its tangled roots collect detritus and prevent erosion.
Dorsally it is often covered with fragments of frass or detritus.
Others feed on animal detritus such as carrion and feces.
Its diet primarily consists of plants and detritus.
The detritus of a coming war.
Dennerli is believed to feed on detritus in nature.
Detritus stinking to high heaven imagine a future full of ships.
It then cuts it and uses it as a case to feed on detritus.
Not from dead dinosaur detritus and biological remains.
It feeds mainly on phytoplankton and detritus.
Detritus from overhanging trees would have made it treacherous.
It also eats algae and detritus.
And detritus hosts many of the animals they feed on.
Pupation takes places amongst detritus on the ground.
Pupation takes place on the ground made up of particles of detritus.
