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German paste

German paste noun: a prepared food for caged birds, consisting of eggs, peasemeal, etc.

Noun

German paste (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A prepared food for caged birds, consisting of eggs, peasemeal, etc.
    • With great care it (a young woodpecker) was fed, and eventually reared on such soft food as liver (generally chopped up), German-paste, and fruit not too hard, and became very tame, readily coming to the hand which fed it, darting out its long tongue directly anything was presented, as well as...1901, John Henry Gurney, “Ornithological notes from Norfolk”, in The Zoologist, volume 4th series, vol 5, number 718, page 128/129

Questions about German paste

What does German paste mean?
German paste means a prepared food for caged birds, consisting of eggs, peasemeal, etc.
What part of speech is German paste?
German paste is a noun.

Words near German paste in the dictionary

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  2. German Ocean
  3. German Order
  4. German pancake
  5. German pancakes
  6. German paste
  7. German pizza
  8. German pizzas
  9. German porcelain
  10. German Question
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