Rotting
The decaying flesh of dead animals.
That is the correct spelling of "decomposer" (organism that breaks down dead material).
come back from the dead.
The expression "dead ringer" means an exact physical likeness of one person to another.
Dead spot, weakness, deficiency
Soil is composed of weathered rock and dead/decaying organic material called humus.
The decomposers go to the decaying or dying material in order to decompose the organic material. They consume dead plants, animals or even our own feces, which are all decaying organic materials. They also carry out the natural process of decomposition :)
The flies hatch their eggs usually in dead and decaying organic material, such as garbage or faeces to feed.
The official definition for the word saprophyte is "a plant, fungus, or microorganism that lives on dead or decaying organic matter."
It is decaying matter that is submerged under water. It will rest on the bottom of rivers and lakes. It is simply dead material decaying. Plants animals etc. Hexagena limbata flies tend to proliferate in it.
dead and decaying organic matter
This organic material is made up of living organisms such as plants and animals, dead plants and animals, and nutrients that have come from decomposed plants and animals.
Most mushrooms are saprophyte. Reason why is because mushrooms live on dead or decaying material. A parasite is a plant or organism that lives in or on another plant or organism
Decomposer, scavenger or carrion-eater
water mold
It is called organic matter
Such organisms are called decomposers, which include micro fungi and bacteria . They decompose dead and decaying organic matter. An organism that decomposes decaying organisms leaf litter and other types of dead organic matter is called a saprobe, saprotroph ,saprophytic .