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Syllable division and stress derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
bottom-feeder is a noun meaning "a scavenger that feeds low on the food chain". It carries 2 recorded senses.
a scavenger that feeds low on the food chain
a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bottom-feeder come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.