Definition of feeding

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Feeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fee.

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Hippophagous :: Hippophagous (a.) Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars..
Campagnol :: Campagnol (n.) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds..
Carrion :: Carrion (a.) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
Stoker :: Stoker (v. t.) One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire..
Rhizophagous :: Rhizophagous (a.) Feeding on roots; root-eating.
Myrmotherine :: Myrmotherine (a.) Feeding upon ants; -- said of certain birds.
Polypite :: Polypite (n.) One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian..
Pupivorous :: Pupivorous (a.) Feeding on the pupae of insects.
Taster :: Taster (n.) One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See Siphonophora..
Frugivorous :: Frugivorous (a.) Feeding on fruit, as birds and other animals..
Tether :: Tether (v. t.) To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits..
Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep..
Batten :: Batten (v. t.) To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.
Cibation :: Cibation (n.) The process or operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material.
Augur :: Augur (n.) An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences..
Feeding :: Feeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fee.
Overfeeding :: Overfeeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overfee.
Agistment :: Agistment (n.) Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests..
Tooth :: Tooth (n.) Any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or procuring food; as, the teeth of a mollusk or a starfish..
Polyp :: Polyp (n.) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.
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