单词 | seed feeder |
释义 | seed feedern. 1. A device designed to automatically convey or distribute seed, esp. as a component of a machine for sowing seed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > other agricultural implements visgy1777 tomahawk1793 potato-scoop1810 rice stick1832 seed feeder1851 poniard1874 aphicide1883 thinner1943 mist blower1946 dung fork1951 wind-machine1976 1851 London Jrnl. Arts, Sci., & Manuf. 39 481 Simultaneous with such movements, a bent arm or seed-feeder is caused to oscillate upon a horizontal axis. 1933 U.S. Patent 1,928,908 1/1 A further feature of the invention is a novel type of seed feeder. 2016 U.S. Patent 9,504,199 B1 1 The outlet opening can be connected to a tube or pipe, which conducts air to, for example, a seed feeder. 2. An animal that feeds on seeds or grains; esp. a songbird such as a finch or tanager with a stout conical bill (cf. seed eater n. at seed n. Compounds 3). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > that eats specific things worm-fowlc1381 seed fowlc1500 thistle-eater1562 chipper1668 honeyeater1688 wheat-bird1747 falcon-fisher1759 worm-eater1760 bone-breaker1787 seed eater1820 carrion-bird1839 seed feeder1853 fish-tiger1879 1853 Zoologist 11 4025 The seed-feeders are far more likely to escape observation. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 633/1 These seed-feeders may be killed in the seeds by subjecting them to the fumes of bisulphide of carbon. 1914 V. H. Lowe in Rep. 58th Ann. Meeting N.Y. State Agric. Soc. 323 The sparrows as a group are well known as seed feeders. 1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) II. 900 Sitophilus is entirely a seed feeder. 2013 M. D. Rourke Threshold II. xv. 294 The beauty of the occasional meat eater stood in contrast to my usual viewing of the small, casual, seed-feeder birds. 3. A bird feeder designed to dispense seeds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > bird-feeding device bird feeder1829 tit bell1929 seed feeder1944 1944 House & Garden Dec. 32/2 (advt.) Bruce's de Luxe Seed Feeder... Scientifically designed. 1988 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Feb. f2 I knew we were not taking care of woodpeckers at the regular seed feeders. 2000 P. Elving et al. Attracting Birds (Sunset Books) 2/2 Cover: American goldfinches are attracted to a seed feeder among the rosy blooms of a flowering dogwood. 2017 Ilkley Gaz. (Nexis) 20 July We've seen four juvenile bullfinches..already confidently using the seed feeder and a young goldfinch similarly engaged. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851 |
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