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Animals that feed by straining food from water
Filter feeders are aquatic animals that acquire nutrients by feeding on organic matter, food particles or smaller organisms (bacteria, microalgae and zooplanktons)
Filter_feeder
Process that separates solids from fluids
largest fishes, and the baleen whales, all of which are described as filter feeders. Filtration is used to separate particles and fluid in a suspension
Filtration
Aquatic animal that feeds on the bottom of a body of water
detritus is known as marine snow. Bottom feeders may gather detritus manually, as some crab species do; or filter microparticles out of the water using suspension
Bottom_feeder
Species of shark
migratory species found in all the world's temperate oceans. A slow-moving filter feeder, its common name derives from its habit of feeding at the surface, appearing
Basking_shark
Largest living species of fish
Spain), in the Late Burdigalian stage. The whale shark is an active filter feeder, primarily consuming plankton, krill, fish eggs, and small schooling
Whale_shark
Animal that feeds on decomposing plant and animal parts as well as faeces
Detritivores (also known as detrivores, detritophages, detritus feeders or detritus eaters) are heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by consuming detritus
Detritivore
Extinct genus of radiodonts
initiated scientific study of the fossil, the earliest known of a "giant" filter-feeder discovered to date. Aegirocassis is considered to have evolved from
Aegirocassis
Species of sea squirt
and subtidal coast of Chile and Peru. It is a filter feeder that eats by sucking in seawater and filtering out microorganisms. Pyura chilensis has some
Pyura_chilensis
plants, soils, and insects to treat and prevent disease An opportunistic feeder sustains itself from a number of different food sources, because the species
List_of_feeding_behaviours
Variety of families of Mollusca
settling on a bed and reaching sexual maturity within a year. Oysters are filter feeders, drawing water in over their gills through the beating of cilia. Suspended
Oyster
Species of marine filter feeder
seafloor. It is unique among tunicates in that, rather than being a filter feeder, it has adapted to life as an ambush predator. Its mouth-like siphon
Predatory_tunicate
Species of crustacean
another species (Atya scabra). It is an omnivorous filter feeder that uses feather-like claspers to filter particles from the water. It can grow to 15 centimetres
Atya_gabonensis
Species of brachiopod
species in the genus Lingula. Like others in its genus, L. anatina is a filter feeder that uses a lophophore to extract food from water. They burrow in the
Lingula_anatina
Extinct genus of placoderm
durophagists that became pelagic suspension feeders. This would make it the first (known) large-sized vertebrate filter feeder. Titanichthys was estimated to have
Titanichthys
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Filter, filter, filtering, or filters in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Filter, filtering, filters or filtration may also refer to: Filter (higher-order
Filter
Science fiction genre
imagined within speculative evolution have since been discovered. A filter feeder radiodont was illustrated by artist John Meszaros in the 2013 book All
Speculative_evolution
Subclass of sessile marine crustaceans
larvae that swim freely using setae. All but the first instars are filter feeders. Nauplius larva of Elminius modestus Nauplius with fronto-lateral horns
Barnacle
Extinct species of fish
migrating upriver to spawn. Unlike the American paddlefish, which is a filter feeder on plankton, the Chinese paddlefish was a piscivorous predator that
Chinese_paddlefish
Species of gastropod
gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. It is a benthic filter-feeder. The shell has a maximum width of 8 mm (0.31 in) and a maximum length
Ethminolia_probabilis
Act of voluntarily ingesting feces
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Coprophagia
Species of sea squirt
squirt, is a species of tunicate in the family Styelidae. This sessile filter feeder can expel water when threatened. Styela plicata is a solitary tunicate
Styela_plicata
Subgenus of fishes
groups, while M. alfredi tends to be resident and coastal. They are filter feeders and eat large quantities of zooplankton, which they gather with their
Manta_ray
Extinct genus of sharks
than to extant basking sharks, which indicates that it was a benthic filter feeder. Prokofiev, A.M.; Sychevskaya, E.K. (2018). "Basking shark (Lamniformes:
Caucasochasma
Aquatic organism that feeds on planktonic food
as it passes by. "Tow-net" filter feeders swim rapidly with mouths open to filter the water, whereas "pumping" filter feeders suck in water via pumping
Planktivore
Phylum of marine deuterostome animals
(the earliest secreted tubes) and are deposit feeders, but some species are pharyngeal filter feeders, while the family Torquaratoridae are free-living
Hemichordate
Eukaryotes other than animals, plants or fungi
divided into filter, raptorial, or diffusion feeders. Filter feeders accumulate small suspended particles into the cytostome by filtering them through
Protist
Predator at the top of a food chain
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Apex_predator
Cambrian animal genus
Xianguangia are also sessile filter feeders. Lorna J. O'Brien & Jean-Bernard Caron (2012). "A new stalked filter-feeder from the Middle Cambrian Burgess
Siphusauctum
Marine animals, subphylum of chordates
become colonies, each unit being known as a zooid. They are marine filter feeders with a water-filled, sac-like body structure and two tubular openings
Tunicate
Class of molluscs
families that live in freshwater. Majority of the class are benthic filter feeders that bury themselves in sediment, where they are relatively safe from
Bivalvia
Informal name for some fishes (genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium)
18 °C. Menhaden are filter feeders that travel in large, slow-moving, and tightly packed schools with open mouths. Filter feeders typically take into
Menhaden
Bony or cartilaginous processes that project from the branchial arch
between the gill arches, they enable the retention of food particles in filter feeders. The structure and spacing of gill rakers in fish determines the size
Gill_raker
Creature that preys on humans
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Man-eating_animal
First epoch of the Ordovician period
In the same Fezouata Formation, Aegirocassis was discovered. This filter feeder arthropod reached over 2 m in length and was the largest animal of its
Early_Ordovician
Order of arthropods
eating dead or decaying plant and animal matter; others are grazers or filter feeders, a few are predators, and some are internal or external parasites, mostly
Isopoda
Organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
biota at the end-Ediacaran extinction, who were mostly bottom-dwelling filter feeders and grazers, has been hypothetized to be partly caused by increased
Carnivore
Obsession with drinking blood
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Clinical_vampirism
Extinct order of basal arthropods
earliest large predators, and they also included sediment sifters and filter feeders. Some of the most famous species of radiodonts are the Cambrian taxa
Radiodonta
Small prey fish
and fish larvae and fry (recently hatched fish). Most zooplankton are filter feeders, and they use appendages to strain the phytoplankton in the water. Some
Forage_fish
Practice of humans eating other humans
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Human_cannibalism
Species of annelid worm
usually foul vessels that are in frequent use. The European fan worm is a filter feeder and feeds on bacteria, zooplankton, phytoplankton and suspended particles
Sabella_spallanzanii
Organism which eats insects
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Insectivore
Family of annelid worms
Palaeoannelida. The worms live in tubes made of sand and are selective filter feeders, detritivores and grazers. Members of this family live in tubes made
Oweniidae
Species of fish
when startled) and also in its diet. Bighead carp are also filter feeders, but they filter larger particles than silver carp, and in general consume a
Silver_carp
Third-largest species of baleen whale
subtropical waters in winter with a lifespan of 70 years. It is a filter feeder, with its diet consisting primarily of copepods, krill, and other zooplankton
Sei_whale
Extinct genus of fishes
to have been a fish-eater like the Chinese paddlefish rather than a filter feeder. First described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1883, the first specimen
Crossopholis
Phylum of animals having a dorsal nerve cord
soft-bodied filter feeders with multiple gill slits, and feed on plankton. Sea squirts are sessile organisms and consist mainly of water pumps and filter-feeding
Chordate
Class of marine animals in the subphylum Tunicata
tunicates found throughout the world's oceans. While larvaceans are filter feeders like most other tunicates, they keep their tadpole-like shape as adults
Larvacean
Species of fish
water into the fish's mouth. In early stages in life, it is primarily a filter feeder, however, as it grows larger, it can also exhibit ambush hunting behavior
Bathypterois_grallator
Organism that eats mostly fruit
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Frugivore
Organism that eats mostly or exclusively fish tissue
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Piscivore
Practice of eating oneself
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Autocannibalism
Compulsive eating of non-food items
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Pica_(disorder)
Small, shrimp-like crustaceans; order of crustaceans
light. Many krill are filter feeders: their frontmost appendages, the thoracopods, form very fine combs with which they can filter out their food from the
Krill
Eating members of one's own species
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Cannibalism
Ecological niche involving feeding on blood
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Hematophagy
Common name for several kinds of bivalve mollusc
or valves joined near a hinge with a flexible ligament and all are filter feeders. A clam's shell consists of two (usually equal) valves, which are connected
Clam
Species of whale; largest animal known
residencies, and partial or age- and sex-based migration. Blue whales are filter feeders; their diet consists almost exclusively of krill. They are generally
Blue_whale
Extinct genus of fishes
and Rhinconichthys, Leedsichthys is part of a lineage of large-sized filter-feeders that swam the Mesozoic seas for over 100 million years, from the middle
Leedsichthys
Order of sharks
basking shark and whale shark, it is a filter feeder, and swims with its enormous mouth wide open, filtering water for plankton and jellyfish. It is
Lamniformes
Extinct genus of sponge-like animals
genus. It was an epifaunal filter feeder that consisted of three tubes, with two smaller side tubes that were likely used to filter water in, and a large,
Eocyathispongia
Book by Darren Naish, C.M. Kosemen and John Conway
actual Cambrian radiodont Tamisiocaris was discovered to have been a filter-feeder. In honor of Meszaros's prediction, Tamisiocaris was included in a new
All_Yesterdays
Cell membrane engulfing a large particle
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Phagocytosis
Genus of extinct elasmobranch from the Late Cretaceous period
head, have led to the hypothesis that Aquilolamna was a planktivorous filter-feeder, suggesting a form of convergent evolution with a manta ray-like body
Aquilolamna
Gill-bearing non-tetrapod aquatic vertebrates
vertebrates. The earliest fish appeared during the Cambrian as small filter feeders; they continued to evolve through the Paleozoic, diversifying into many
Fish
Cambrian fossil genus of chordate
showing the presence of eyes and their placement suggests it lived as a filter-feeder swimming above the sea floor. The exceptional preservation at Marble
Metaspriggina
Animal that can eat and survive on both plants and animals
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Omnivore
Autonomous feeding of animals
fish, have evolved a number of specialized feeding mechanisms, such as filter feeding, ram feeding, suction feeding, protrusion, and pivot feeding. Most
Aquatic_feeding_mechanisms
Postpartum eating of human placenta
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Human_placentophagy
Total mass of living organisms in a given area (all species or selected species)
follows the course: Phytoplankton → zooplankton → predatory zooplankton → filter feeders → predatory fish Phytoplankton are the main primary producers at the
Biomass_(ecology)
Extinct genus of radiodonts
and Marjum Formation in Utah. Although it was once considered as a filter feeder based on the large number of putative setae on the frontal appendage
Pahvantia
Species of barnacle
competing for space with other species of barnacle. It is an omnivorous filter feeder. Austromegabalanus psittacus is a coastal species found in southern
Austromegabalanus_psittacus
Extinct genus of cambrian radiodont
(June 2015). "Anomalocaridid trunk limb homology revealed by a giant filter-feeder with paired flaps". Nature. 522 (7554): 77–80. Bibcode:2015Natur.522
Anomalocaris
To feed by hunting and eating snakes
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Ophiophagy
Class of ray-finned bony fishes
sunfish Mola tecta has no caudal fin The Jurassic †Leedsichthys was a filter-feeder and the largest ray-finned fish to have ever lived Lactoria fornasini
Actinopterygii
Animals with more than 70% meat in their diets
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Hypercarnivore
Organism that eats mostly or exclusively plant material
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Herbivore
Species of sea squirt
intertidal zone and at depths down to 85 metres. Aplidium californicum is a filter feeder. Water is sucked into the interior of the organism through a siphon
Aplidium_californicum
Genus of annelid worms
crown of tentacles projects when the worm is submerged. It is a sessile filter feeder. Eudistylia vancouveri is unique because it has an operculum which makes
Eudistylia
Mass extinction at the end of the Devonian
chitinozoans within the pelagic filter-feeder megaguild, and stromatoporoids within the attached epifaunal (seabed-living) filter-feeder megaguild. Other taxa impacted
Hangenberg_event
Baleen whale endemic to the Arctic
length, creating an enormous feeding apparatus. The bowhead whale is a filter feeder, and feeds by swimming forward with its mouth wide open. It has hundreds
Bowhead_whale
bivalve molluscs (such as mussels, clams, oysters and scallops). As filter feeders, these shellfish may accumulate toxins produced by microscopic organisms
Shellfish_poisoning
Phylum of colonial aquatic invertebrates called moss animals
zooids have no coelom or lophophore. Entoprocts, another phylum of filter-feeders, look rather like bryozoans but their lophophore-like feeding structure
Bryozoa
Extinct genus of pterobranch
tightly packed fuselli. Rotaciurca has been interpreted as a planktonic filter-feeder, with the conical float providing buoyancy like that of a Portuguese
Rotaciurca
Genus of single-celled organisms
It is not known how the organism feeds or reproduces. It may be a filter feeder, drawing water through the tubes and sifting out the nutritious particles
Syringammina
Feeding on termites or ants
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Myrmecophagy
Species of bivalve
mussel, growing to about 4 cm (1.6 in) wide. The quagga mussel is a filter feeder: it uses its cilia to pull water into its shell cavity through an incurrent
Quagga_mussel
Species of cartilaginous fish
nocturnal migration to the surface at night to feed. Mobula japanica is a filter feeder, meaning they feed on small organisms, such as zooplankton or small
Spinetail_mobula
Class of crustaceans
includes carnivores, herbivores, scavengers and filter feeders, but most ostracods are deposit feeders. Ostracod comes from the Greek óstrakon meaning
Ostracod
Species of barnacle
rocks, as well as on the hulls of shipwrecks and on driftwood. It is a filter feeder, living on particles that it can glean from the water passing over its
Pollicipes_pollicipes
Extinct genus of reptiles
paralleling that of baleen whales, that Hupehsuchus could have been a filter feeder. However, this was contested by a 2025 study by Ryosuke Motani and coauthors
Hupehsuchus
Common name for several kinds of forage fish
herring alewives sucker Related topics Bait ball Bait fish Feeder fish Fish migration Filter feeder Food fish Ichthyoplankton Juvenile fish Predator fish Sardine
Sprat
Navigable tidal strait in New York City
the menhaden. The oyster is another filter feeder: oysters purify 10 to 100 gallons a day, while each menhaden filters four gallons in a minute, and their
East_River
Parasitic insect reproductive strategy
Aquatic predation Lunge feeder Pivot feeder Ram feeder Suction feeder Bait balls Bottom feeder Feeding frenzy Filter feeder Browsing Cattle feeding Fodder
Anautogeny
Animal that feeds on carrion
Necrophages (also known as carrion feeders) are animals that feed on decomposing dead animal biomass, such as the muscle and soft tissue of carcasses
Necrophage
Extinct genus of jawless vertebrates
like many modern lampreys. It was more likely to have been a filter-feeder or a detritus-feeder, possibly in the manner of larval lampreys. The fish had a
Jamoytius
Species of cartilaginous fish
determine if the filter-feeding megafauna of the area were accidentally ingesting microplastics, which can be eaten by filter-feeders either directly (by
Giant_oceanic_manta_ray
Species of fish
herring alewives sucker Related topics Bait ball Bait fish Feeder fish Fish migration Filter feeder Food fish Ichthyoplankton Juvenile fish Predator fish Sardine
Capelin
Several species of demersal fish with fins
information according to the United States Department of Agriculture: Bottom feeder Whitefish salad "Types of fish: Bluefish, Whitefish and Semi-fatty fish"
Whitefish_(fisheries_term)
Small, shrimp-like crustacean
vertical migrations into higher parts of the water column. Mysids are filter feeders, omnivores that feed on algae, detritus and zooplankton. Some mysids
Mysida
FILTER FEEDER
FILTER FEEDER
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle English, Middle High German, Yiddish finger (modern German Finger), probably applied as a nickname for a man who had some peculiarity of the fingers, such as possessing a supernumerary one or having lost one or more of them through injury, or for someone who was small in stature or considered insignificant. As a Jewish name, it can also be an ornamental name.
Surname or Lastname
English (Sussex)
English (Sussex) : topographic name for someone who lived by a holt, a small wood, + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.North German (also Hölter) : habitational name from places called Holter or Hölter.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads in southeastern Norway, from the indefinite plural of holt ‘holt’, ‘small wood’ (see Holt).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a dresser of cloth, Old English fullere (from Latin fullo, with the addition of the English agent suffix). The Middle English successor of this word had also been reinforced by Old French fouleor, foleur, of similar origin. The work of the fuller was to scour and thicken the raw cloth by beating and trampling it in water. This surname is found mostly in southeast England and East Anglia. See also Tucker and Walker.In a few cases the name may be of German origin with the same form and meaning as 1 (from Latin fullare).Americanized version of French Fournier.Samuel Fuller (1589–1633), born in Redenhall, Norfolk, England, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He was a deacon of the church and until his death functioned as Plymouth Colony’s physician.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who produced or used malt for brewing, from an agent derivative of Middle English malt ‘malt’, ‘germinated barley’ (Old English mealt).English (of Norman origin) : according to Reaney, a habitational name from some place in France called Maleterre, from Old French male terre ‘bad land’ (Latin mala terra).German : metonymic occupational name for a grain measurer or a maker of grain measures, or for a miller, from Middle High German malter, a measure of grain.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a miller. The standard modern vocabulary word represents the northern Middle English term, an agent derivative of mille ‘mill’, reinforced by Old Norse mylnari (see Milner). In southern, western, and central England Millward (literally, ‘mill keeper’) was the usual term.Southwestern and Swiss German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Müller (see Mueller).
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Sussex and Kent)
English (mainly Sussex and Kent) : topographic name from Middle English hilder ‘dweller on a slope’ (from Old English hylde ‘slope’).
Surname or Lastname
German
German : topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow or pastureland, from Middle High German halte ‘pasture’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German haltære ‘keeper’, ‘shepherd’, German Halter.English : occupational name for a maker of halters for horses and cattle, Middle English haltrere (from Old English hælftre ‘halter’).Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a halter-maker, from Middle Dutch halfter, haelter, halter ‘halter’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : reduced form of Forster.English : nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fÅstre, a derivative of fÅstrian ‘to nourish or rear’).Jewish : probably an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames, such as Forster.This name was brought to North America by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Thomas Foster (1640–79) is buried in the old burial ground in Cambridge, MA. John Foster, born 1648 in Dorchester, MA, was the earliest wood engraver in America.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Fulcher.German : nickname from Middle High German, Middle Low German volger ‘companion’, ‘supporter’.John Folger came from Norwich, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1635. By 1652 he was on Martha’s Vineyard. His son Peter had ten children.
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, which could have derived from any of the following: 1) Middle English foster, FOSTER means "foster-parent," 2) forster, meaning "forester," 3) forster, meaning "shearer," or 4) fuyster, meaning "saddle-tree maker."
Male
English
Low German pet form of Latin Silvester, FESTER means "from the forest."
Male
English
English form of Latin Filbertus, FILBERT means "very bright."
Boy/Male
English
Famed; famous.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Fulmer in Buckinghamshire or Fowlmere in Cambridgeshire, so named from Old English fugol ‘bird’ + mere ‘lake’.German : variant of Volkmar.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Famous; Famed
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Fillmore.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Guiler.German : variant of Gille 2.German : habitational name for someone from Gill near Neuss, in the Rhineland.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from the Yiddish male personal name Hiller, a variant of Hillel. The initial G is due to Russian influence, since Russian has no h and alters h to g in borrowed words.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a bolter or sifter of flour, from Middle English bo(u)lt ‘to sift’ (Old French buleter, of Germanic origin).English : occupational name for a maker of bolts or bars, from an agent derivative of Middle English bolt (see Bolt).German : habitational name for someone from a lost place named Bolt. It is the name of a large family from Hechingen, Württemberg.German (also Bölter) : occupational name for a maker of wooden bolts for crossbows, Middle High German bolter.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who looked after asses and horses, from an agent derivative of Colt. Compare Coulthard.Variant spelling of German Kolter.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker or user of files, from an agent derivative of Middle English file ‘file’.English : occupational name for a spinner, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French fil ‘thread’ (Latin filum).English : Americanized spelling of German Feiler, cognate of 1.
FILTER FEEDER
FILTER FEEDER
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
King of Love
Male
English
Short form of English Walter, WALT means "ruler of the army."
Biblical
the strength of the Lord
Boy/Male
Biblical
The cloud of the Lord.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Little mountain
Girl/Female
Indian
Most excellent
Girl/Female
Indian
Loving to her husband woman
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Powerful; One who Defeats a Lion
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
A Devotee
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Inspiration
FILTER FEEDER
FILTER FEEDER
FILTER FEEDER
FILTER FEEDER
FILTER FEEDER
imp. & p. p.
of Filter
v. t.
To filter.
v. i.
Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.
v. t.
Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant.
v. t.
Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.
v. t.
To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.
n.
To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter.
v. t.
Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.
v. i.
To pass through a filter; to percolate.
a.
Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Filter
n.
A colter. See Colter.
n.
Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.
n.
The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard.
v. t.
To make bitter.
v. & n.
To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters.
n.
A little piece; a flitter; a flinder.
n.
See Kelter.
v. t.
To cause to fester or rankle.
v. t.
Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.