2. Noun. A bird species which feeds mainly on seeds. ¹
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Definition of Seedeater
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seedeater
Literary usage of Seedeater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1919)
"Hicks' seedeater. Three males and three females, Gatun, March 22, April 13,
December 24, ... Minute seedeater. 378 Sporophila gutturali« (Lichtenstein). ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"seedeater. A very small, variegated, and sometimes brightly colored finch or 'grass-
quit' of the genus Sporophila, several species of which are found in ..."
3. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"Sharpe seedeater. Low. Rio Grande Vail., Tex., and Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, Mex.
604. Spiza americana. Dickcissel. Breeds chiefly in Aust. zones from ne. ..."
4. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"... while some good is done also by the eating of insects, although the bird is
essentially a seedeater and the average amount of insects and spiders eaten ..."
5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1919)
"Hicks' seedeater. Three males and three females, Gatun, March 22, April 13,
December 24, ... Minute seedeater. 378 Sporophila gutturali« (Lichtenstein). ..."
6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"seedeater. A very small, variegated, and sometimes brightly colored finch or 'grass-
quit' of the genus Sporophila, several species of which are found in ..."
7. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"Sharpe seedeater. Low. Rio Grande Vail., Tex., and Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, Mex.
604. Spiza americana. Dickcissel. Breeds chiefly in Aust. zones from ne. ..."
8. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"... while some good is done also by the eating of insects, although the bird is
essentially a seedeater and the average amount of insects and spiders eaten ..."
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