feeder

Noun
  1. An animal being fattened or suitable for fattening (synset 101320304)
    is a type of: domestic animal, domesticated animal - any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment
  2. Someone who consumes food for nourishment (synset 110062108)
    is a type of: consumer - a person who uses goods or services
    subtypes:
    • devourer - someone who eats greedily or voraciously
    • diner - a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)
    • dunker - an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it
    • glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman - a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
    • gobbler - a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls
    • luncher - someone who is eating lunch
    • mouth - a person conceived as a consumer of food
    • mycophage, mycophagist - a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms)
    • nosher, snacker - someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals
    • omnivore - a person who eats all kinds of foods
    • picknicker, picnicker - a person who is picnicking
    • gorger, scoffer - someone who eats food rapidly and greedily
    • vegetarian - eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products
    same as: eater
  3. A branch that flows into the main stream (synset 109301903)
    is a type of: branch - a stream or river connected to a larger one
    same as: affluent, confluent, tributary
  4. A machine that automatically provides a supply of some material (synset 104176768)
    "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock"
    is a type of: machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
    same as: self-feeder
  5. An outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds (synset 102846791)
    is a type of: device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
    same as: bird feeder, birdfeeder
  6. An animal that feeds on a particular source of food (synset 101320407)
    "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder"
    is a type of: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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