WordNet
n. seeds for birds [syn: birdseed]
Wikipedia
Bird food is food (often varieties of seeds, nuts, dried fruits or dried larvae) eaten by birds. The most important use of bird feed globally, is as feed for domesticated poultry. However (especially in developed countries), people also make or buy bird food to feed to pet birds or use in birdfeeders for wild birds.
Bird food can be natural or commercial. ingredients reflect the species of bird being fed, which include fruit, seed, and nectar eaters, and carnivores. Nectar eating birds draw their nutrients from flowers, while carnivores subsist variously on insects, worms, and small wildlife, including other birds and their young.. Feeding wild birds contains the risk the animals may become reliant on the feeders, rather than going hunting for insects and their natural diets. Bird food can also potentially attract rodents.
Usage examples of "bird food".
If your name is Eddi Amsel and you've built scarecrows from childhood up, you can build birdhouses for the birds at times when the snow falls breathlessly, and perform acts of mercy with bird food.
If they had still been climbing down the outside of the tree they'd be bird food now.
Dog chow in the dog dishes, cat chow in the cat dishes, fish food in the tank, rabbit food in the hutch, guinea pig food in the guinea pig cage, bird food in the bird cages, turtle food in the aquarium, hamster food in the hamster cage, and finally it was time for .
Shabazz, you know I can't eat that vegetarian bird food y'all keep pushing.