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English
Etymology
From pre- + feed.
Noun
prefeed (uncountable)
- Feed provided prior to some other operation (typically baiting).
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, →DOI:The restricted placement of prefeed does not impede rapid discovery by possums: a field study of the movements of 22 radio collared possums showed that most were immediately attracted from as far away as 250m to a line of prefeed (visits peaking on the second day of prefeed availability), and possums continued to look for bait for up to 18 days after all bait was removed.
Verb
prefeed (third-person singular simple present prefeeds, present participle prefeeding, simple past and past participle prefed)
- (transitive) To feed material into a machine, etc. in preparation for some process.
Adjective
prefeed (not comparable)
- Prior to feeding.
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