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BIRDSEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does birdseed mean?
• BIRDSEED (noun)
The noun BIRDSEED has 1 sense:
1. food given to birds; usually mixed seeds
Familiarity information: BIRDSEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Food given to birds; usually mixed seeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
bird feed; bird food; birdseed
Hypernyms ("birdseed" is a kind of...):
feed; provender (food for domestic livestock)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "birdseed"):
canary seed (a mixture of seeds used to feed caged birds)
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