seedeater

English

Etymology

seed +‎ eater

Noun

seedeater (plural seedeaters)

(literally) An individual or species which eats seeds.
- 2003, John Andrew Eastman, The Book of Field and Roadside:
  Mammal seedeaters include chipmunks; ground squirrels; red, gray, and fox squirrels; voles; white-footed mice; and pocket gophers.
A bird species which feeds mainly on seeds.
Most seedeaters have strong, typically shaped bills.
Any bird in the genus Sporophila of the tanager family, Thraupidae
Any bird in the genus Amaurospiza, now classified in the family Cardinalidae

Synonyms

(bird): hard-bill

Translations

something which eats seed

Dutch: zaadeter m
Finnish: siementen syöjä

bird that feed with seeds

Dutch: zaadeter m
Finnish: siementen syöjä
Ingrian: seemensööjä
Italian: uccello granivoro m

bird of the genus Sporophila

Catalan: menjagrà m
Finnish: sirkkunen (fi)
French: sporophile (fr) m
German: Pfäffchen n
Spanish: semillero m
Welsh: hadysor m

bird of the genus Amaurospiza

Finnish: sinisirkkunen (fi)

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