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| aliment |
to sustain or feed. [1/3 definitions] |
| anteater |
any of several toothless mammals such as the aardvark and pangolin that feed mainly on ants or termites by means of a long, sticky tongue. |
| baleen |
the bony, flexible strips in the upper jaws of whales that feed by filtering food from ocean water. These whales use baleen to strain large amounts of small food such as shrimp from the water. |
| bark beetle |
a small weevil, the adults and larvae of which burrow under the bark of conifers and other trees to feed on the inner bark, often causing great damage. |
| beebread |
a mixture of nectar and pollen made by bees to feed to their larvae. |
| bee-eater |
any of several small, brightly colored tropical birds that feed chiefly on bees and other insects. |
| bee fly |
any of several two-winged flies that resemble bees and that feed on pollen and nectar. |
| birdseed |
seeds, usu. in a mixture, used to feed birds. |
| bite |
of insects or similar small creatures, to break into the skin of (a human or other mammal) in order to feed on blood. [1/10 definitions] |
| bone meal |
bones that have been coarsely ground, used as fertilizer and animal feed. |
| bookworm |
any of various insect larvae that infest and feed on the bindings of books. [1/2 definitions] |
| breast-feed |
to feed (a baby) milk from a breast; suckle; nurse. [1/2 definitions] |
| broad bean |
a plant of the pea family that bears flat seeds that are used as a vegetable or an animal feed; fava bean. |
| browse |
to examine things in a slow and casual way. [2 definitions] |
| bug |
an insect with front wings that are thick at the base and thin at the tip. There are many kinds of bugs. All have mouths made for sucking, and most feed on plants. [1/6 definitions] |
| cabbage butterfly |
any of several common white butterflies, the green larvae of which feed on cabbage and related plants. |
| cankerworm |
any of several moth larvae that feed on fruit and foliage often destroying fruit and shade trees. |
| caracara |
any of several large, long-legged birds, related to hawks and found from the southern United States to South America, that feed on carrion or live prey. |
| carpet beetle |
any of several small beetles whose larvae feed on and damage furs and woolens. |
| clothes moth |
any of several small moths that lay eggs in wool, fur, or the like, upon which the larvae feed. |
| codling moth |
a small moth, found nearly worldwide, whose larvae feed on apples, pears, and the like. |
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