seedeater

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US/sidˈi.təɹ/

noun

An individual or species which eats seeds.

“Most seedeaters have strong, typically shaped bills.”

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Meanings

nounseedeater (plural seedeaters)

plural seedeaters

  1. literallyAn individual or species which eats seeds.

    Mammal seedeaters include chipmunks; ground squirrels; red, gray, and fox squirrels; voles; white-footed mice; and pocket gophers.

    2003, John Andrew Eastman, The Book of Field and Roadside
  2. A bird species which feeds mainly on seeds.

    Most seedeaters have strong, typically shaped bills.

  3. Any bird in the genus Sporophila of the tanager family, Thraupidae
  4. Any bird in the genus Amaurospiza, now classified in the family Cardinalidae

Synonyms & antonyms

bird

Similar
hard-bill
Also see
hard-bill

Origin

From seed + eater.

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Translations

Catalan menjagrà
  • menjagràbird of the genus Sporophila
Dutch zaadeter, zaadeter
  • zaadetersomething which eats seed
  • zaadeterbird that feed with seeds
Finnish siementen syöjä, siementen syöjä
  • siementen syöjäsomething which eats seed
  • siementen syöjäbird that feed with seeds
  • sirkkunenbird of the genus Sporophila
  • sinisirkkunenbird of the genus Amaurospiza
French sporophile
  • sporophilebird of the genus Sporophila
German Pfäffchen
  • Pfäffchenbird of the genus Sporophila
Italian uccello granivoro
  • uccello granivorobird that feed with seeds
Spanish semillero
  • semillerobird of the genus Sporophila
Welsh hadysor
  • hadysorbird of the genus Sporophila

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with seedeater

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seedeater,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seedeater.

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