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foul feeder

foul feeder noun: an animal that feeds on carrion or the like; a scavenger.

Noun

foul feeder (plural foul feeders)

  1. An animal that feeds on carrion or the like; a scavenger.
    • "He's a foul feeder, is Mr. Malone, a carrion eater, like all of his kind[.]"1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) A horse that has bad eating habits.

Forms of foul feeder

pluralfoul feeders

Questions about foul feeder

What does foul feeder mean?
Foul feeder means an animal that feeds on carrion or the like; a scavenger.
What part of speech is foul feeder?
Foul feeder is a noun.
What is the plural of foul feeder?
The plural of foul feeder is foul feeders.

Words near foul feeder in the dictionary

  1. foul balls
  2. foul berth
  3. foul berths
  4. foul bill of health
  5. foul bills of health
  6. foul feeder
  7. foul feeders
  8. foul fish
  9. foul language
  10. foul line
  11. foul lines

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