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seedeater en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /sidˈi.təɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From seed + eater.

Meanings

1. (literally) An individual or species which eats seeds.
   • Mammal seedeaters include chipmunks; ground squirrels; red, gray, and fox squirrels; voles; white-footed mice; and pocket gophers. 2003, John Andrew Eastman, The Book of Field and Roadside:
2. A bird species which feeds mainly on seeds.
   • Most seedeaters have strong, typically shaped bills.
3. Any bird in the genus Sporophila of the tanager family, Thraupidae
4. Any bird in the genus Amaurospiza, now classified in the family Cardinalidae

Forms

Deriveds

thick-billed seedeater

Synonyms

hard-bill (bird)

Translations (13)

fi sirkkunen (bird of the genus Sporophila) · fr sporophile (bird of the genus Sporophila) · fi siementen syöjä (bird that feed with seeds) · nl zaadeter (something which eats seed) · nl zaadeter (bird that feed with seeds) · it uccello granivoro (bird that feed with seeds) · cy hadysor (bird of the genus Sporophila) · fi siementen syöjä (something which eats seed) · ca menjagrà (bird of the genus Sporophila) · fi sinisirkkunen (bird of the genus Amaurospiza) · izh seemensööjä (bird that feed with seeds) · es semillero (bird of the genus Sporophila) · de Pfäffchen (bird of the genus Sporophila)