feeder
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- noun
- /ˈfiːdər/
- Specialized
:
animal de engorde
- The feeders had room for one cow and were stationed around the barn.
- feeder mice
- feeder rodents
- frozen feeder mice
Examples
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The first cases occurred after new feeder pigs from a large piglet producer were brought onto the farm.
Academic text (2015) -
There were four kinds of pigs: feeders, bolders, gilts, and sows, and many different breeds.
Fiction book (1993) -
Tom moves in the feeder pen, waist deep in calves, moving them through the chute.
Fiction book (1998) -
Now the market is what soybeans, corn, live cattle, June wheat, feeder pigs, and bean meal are all bringing in today for a price.
Fiction book (1998) -
The farmer purchased several feeder pigs to raise for the market this season.
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Each feeder at the farm is carefully monitored to ensure the pigs gain weight efficiently.
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After separating the feeders from the breeding stock, the ranchers focused on fattening them for sale.
Synonyms
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A young animal fattened to be eaten
A young animal like a cow kept until it is fattened for sale or meat
Compounds
- Offensive
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A person who gains from other people's problems by taking advantage of them
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An animal, often a fish, that lives on the bottom of rivers or lakes and eats dead plants and animals
- Specialized
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A smaller transport route like a short train or flight that connects towns to a main city
How Fattened
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Feeder comes from feed 'to give food', and farmers call animals 'feeders' when they are being fed to grow bigger for sale. That's why a feeder is an animal kept to be fattened before market.