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A fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water;A scavenger that feeds low on the food chain.

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  • Out of NowhereEvery season the NFL crapshoot always kicks up some bottom-dweller as a surprise.
  • And every February since 1980, folks have come from far and wide to pay homage to this slithering bottom-dweller.
  • Prickly Sharks, also known as echinorhinus cookei, is a bottom-dweller that feeds on fish, other sharks, octopus, squid and crustaceans.
  • This lawyer told the story of a friend, a corporate lawyer at a prominent firm, who realized when he was a six-figure-earning bottom-dweller.
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