feeder animal

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• Feeder fish — is the generic name for certain types of inexpensive fish commonly fed as live prey to captive animals such as sharks and turtles.Advantages of using feeder fishThe species of fish usually sold as feeder fish are invariably some of the easiest… …   Wikipedia

• Feeder — Feed er, n. 1. One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward. [1913 Webster] A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. The feeder of my riots.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Animal psychopathology — is the study of mental or behavioral disorders in non human animals.Historically, there has been an anthropocentric tendency to emphasize the study of animal psychopathologies as models for human mental illnesses [Owen, J. B., Treasure, J.L.… …   Wikipedia

• feeder — [fēd′ər] n. 1. a person or thing that feeds; specif., a) a device that feeds material into a machine b) a device that supplies food to animals or birds 2. an animal, esp. a steer, being fattened 3. anything that supplies or leads into something… …   English World dictionary

• feeder — early 15c., “one who feeds an animal;” 1560s, “one who eats;” agent noun from FEED (Cf. feed). As a mechanical apparatus, from 1660s. Of cattle and streams, by 1790s; of roads and railroads, by 1850s …   Etymology dictionary

• feeder — ► NOUN 1) a person or animal that eats a particular food or in a particular manner. 2) a thing that feeds or supplies something. 3) a road or rail route linking outlying districts with a main system …   English terms dictionary

• animal — animalic /an euh mal ik/, animalian /an euh may lee euhn, mayl yeuhn/, adj. /an euh meuhl/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well defined shape and usually limited growth, can move… …   Universalium

• feeder — /fee deuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that supplies food or feeds something. 2. a bin or boxlike device from which farm animals may eat, esp. such a device designed to allow a number of chickens to feed simultaneously or to release a specific… …   Universalium

• feeder — feed|er [ˈfi:də US ər] n 1.) a container with food for animals or birds ▪ a bird feeder 2.) something that provides supplies for something else ▪ The Shyok River is a major feeder of the Indus River. ▪ The length of the feeder pipe is 50m. 3.) a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• feeder — feed|er1 [ fidər ] noun count 1. ) a container that you fill with food so that birds or animals can eat from it 2. ) the part of a machine through which you put things into the machine: a paper feeder 3. ) an animal, bird, or insect that eats a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• feeder — UK [ˈfiːdə(r)] / US [ˈfɪdər] noun [countable] Word forms feeder : singular feeder plural feeders 1) a container that you fill with food so that birds or animals can eat from it 2) the part of a machine through which you put things into the… …   English dictionary