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In text b. Solution of basic science ch. Obtaining and utilizing food A part question 10 there is written that spiders are holiozoic but ther are not carnivores,herbivores or omnivores .Then on what do they feed on ?

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Spiders having holozoic mode of nutrition feeds on the liquid organic material. They ingest, digests and assimilates it inside the body. Therefore, they are not carnivores,herbivores or omnivores.

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