"scrape" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- They spend the majority of their time scraping algae from the rocks in both the aquarium as well as in the wild.
- These operate like 'rakes', scraping algae and gathering the resultant detritus.
- Some use it to scrape algae off rocks, while others are carnivorous, catching tiny zooplankton and other small animals that live in shallow water.
- The species feeds by scraping epilithic algae using their radula.
- They scrape algae from rocks, turn over stones for aquatic insects, and suck up decaying plant material.
- The radula is used to scrape microscopic algae off the substratum.
- This means they have an exceptionally abrasive tongue with which to scrape algae from rocks.
- Some use it to scrape algae from the rocks.
- They also use their highly specialized teeth to scrape algae off of rocks.
- The chisel lip is used to scrape algae, a major food source, off submerged rocks.
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