scatterhoard

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verb

To hoard food in multiple caches in different locations.

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Meanings

verbscatterhoard (third-person singular simple present scatterhoards, present participle scatterhoarding, simple past and past participle scatterhoarded)

present singular third person scatterhoards · participle present scatterhoarding · participle past scatterhoarded · past scatterhoarded

  1. ambitransitivebiologyTo hoard food in multiple caches in different locations.

    The situation is more complex for rodents, which eat some seeds but scatterhoard others in conditions that may aid germination and establishment.

    2015, Stephen H. Jenkins, Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology, page 210

Origin

From scatter + hoard.

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APA

scatterhoard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scatterhoard

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“scatterhoard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scatterhoard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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