noun
Meaning 1
An individual or species which eats seeds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
seedeater
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General-American: /sidˈi.təɹ/
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rhymes with -iːtə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S IY1 D IY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A bird species which feeds mainly on seeds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Most seedeaters have strong, typically shaped bills.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any bird in the genus Sporophila of the tanager family, Thraupidae
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Any bird in the genus Amaurospiza, now classified in the family Cardinalidae
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From seed + eater.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: zaadeter — something which eats seed
- Finnish: siementen syöjä — something which eats seed
- Dutch: zaadeter — bird that feed with seeds
- Finnish: siementen syöjä — bird that feed with seeds
- Ingrian: seemensööjä — bird that feed with seeds
- Italian: uccello granivoro — bird that feed with seeds
- Catalan: menjagrà — bird of the genus Sporophila
- Finnish: sirkkunen — bird of the genus Sporophila
- French: sporophile — bird of the genus Sporophila
- German: Pfäffchen — bird of the genus Sporophila
- Spanish: semillero — bird of the genus Sporophila
- Welsh: hadysor — bird of the genus Sporophila
- Finnish: sinisirkkunen — bird of the genus Amaurospiza
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