| cottonseed meal |
meal made from the cottonseed after the hull and oil are removed, used as fertilizer and feed. |
| cowpea |
an annual vine plant that bears long seed pods, grown in the southern United States as feed for domestic animals and as a fertilizer. [1/2 definitions] |
| crib |
a cattle stall or feed trough. [1/12 definitions] |
| crib-biting |
the habit of horses to bite at wood, as of a stall or feed trough, and swallow harmful amounts of air while doing so. |
| dabble |
of ducks or other birds, to feed at the bottom in shallow water by dipping the head. [1/4 definitions] |
| DES |
abbreviation of "diethylstilbestrol," a synthetic estrogen formerly used to treat the symptoms of menopause and to supplement animal feed, but now banned in the United States as carcinogenic. |
| desman |
either of two molelike aquatic mammals found in eastern Europe and western Asia that feed on insects and have webbed feet and a long snout. |
| diet1 |
to feed. [1/6 definitions] |
| diethylstilbestrol |
a synthetic estrogen formerly used to treat the symptoms of menopause and to supplement animal feed, but now banned in the United States as carcinogenic. |
| dry nurse |
a woman employed to care for another's baby but not to breast-feed it. (Cf. wet nurse.) |
| dung beetle |
any of various beetles that feed on and breed in dung; scarab. |
| earthworm |
any of various long segmented worms that burrow in soil and feed on decaying organic matter. |
| fatten |
to feed (animals) for slaughter. [1/4 definitions] |
| fed |
past tense and past participle of feed. |
| feed bag |
a bag that can be filled with feed, slipped over a horse's muzzle, and kept in place with straps over the animal's head. |
| feeder |
a bin or receptacle from which animals can feed. [1/5 definitions] |
| feedstuff |
food for livestock or poultry; fodder; feed. |
| field corn |
any of several varieties of corn grown as livestock feed. |
| fish meal |
meal made of dried ground fish or fish parts, used in animal feed and as fertilizer. |
| flea |
any of an order of tiny wingless insects that move by jumping, and feed by sucking the blood of warm-blooded animals. [1/2 definitions] |
| flycatcher |
any of various related European or American birds that feed on insects caught in the air. |