prefeeding

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, pre- +‎ feed +‎ -ing.

Adjective

prefeeding (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly of infants or animals) Before feeding.
    Antonyms: postfeeding, postmeal, postprandial, postcibal; postbreakfast, postlunch, postdinner
    Hyponyms: prebreakfast, prelunch, predinner
    Near-synonyms: premeal, preprandial, precibal
    prefeeding blood glucose levels
    • 2015 July 29, “Aerial Prefeeding Followed by Ground Based Toxic Baiting for More Efficient and Acceptable Poisoning of Invasive Small Mammalian Pests”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      We investigated a new approach to ground based control that combined aerial distribution of non-toxic ‘prefeed’ baits followed by sparse distribution of toxic baits at regular intervals along the GPS tracked prefeeding flight paths.

Verb

prefeeding

  1. present participle and gerund of prefeed
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