Definition of Figeaters

1. figeater [n] - See also: figeater

Lexicographical Neighbors of Figeaters

fig leaves
fig marigold
fig moth
fig out
fig tree
fig up
fig wart
fig wasp
fig wasps
fig wax
figaries
figary
figbird
figbirds
figeater
figeaters (current term)
figent
figged
figger
figgered
figgeries
figgering
figgers
figgery
figgum
figgy
figgy-dowdy
fight
fight-or-flight

Literary usage of Figeaters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"The brown thrasher feeds on such coleopterous pests as wire worms, May beetles, rice weevils, rose beetles, and figeaters. By its destruction of these and ..."

2. Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1913)
"... May beetles, rice weevils, rose beetles, and figeaters. By its destruction of these and other insects, which constitute more man 60 per cent of its food ..."

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