Dictionary

prefeeding en · ADJ

Etymology

By surface analysis, pre- + feed + -ing.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of infants or animals) Before feeding.
   • prefeeding blood glucose levels
   • Near-synonyms: premeal, preprandial, precibal
   • We investigated a new approach to ground based control that combined aerial distribution of non-toxic ‘prefeed’ baits followed by sparse distribution of toxic baits at regular intervals along the GPS tracked prefeeding flight paths. 2015 July 29, “Aerial Prefeeding Followed by Ground Based Toxic Baiting for More Efficient and Acceptable Poisoning of Invasive Small Mammalian Pests”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Antonyms

postmeal · postdinner · postfeeding · postbreakfast · postlunch · postprandial · postcibal

Relateds

refeeding

Synonyms

premeal · precibal · preprandial

prefeeding en · VERB

Etymology

By surface analysis, pre- + feed + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of prefeed
   form of prefeed