seedeater

English

Etymology

From seed +‎ eater.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sidˈi.təɹ/
• Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)

Noun

seedeater (plural seedeaters)

1. (literally) An individual or species which eats seeds.
   • 2003, John Andrew Eastman, The Book of Field and Roadside:

     Mammal seedeaters include chipmunks; ground squirrels; red, gray, and fox squirrels; voles; white-footed mice; and pocket gophers.

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

Synonyms

• (bird): hard-bill

Derived terms

• thick-billed seedeater

Translations

something which eats seed

• Dutch: zaadeter m
• Finnish: siementen syöjä

bird that feed with seeds

• Dutch: zaadeter m
• Finnish: siementen syöjä
• Ingrian: seemensööjä
• Italian: uccello granivoro m

bird of the genus Sporophila

• Catalan: menjagrà m
• Finnish: sirkkunen (fi)
• French: sporophile (fr) m
• German: Pfäffchen n
• Spanish: semillero m
• Welsh: hadysor m

bird of the genus Amaurospiza

• Finnish: sinisirkkunen (fi)