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1. An animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
    
2. Someone who consumes food for nourishment
   - eater
    
3. A branch that flows into the main stream
   - tributary, confluent, affluent
    
4. A machine that automatically provides a supply of some material
   "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock";
   - self-feeder
    
5. An outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds
   - bird feeder, birdfeeder, bird table
    
6. An animal that feeds on a particular source of food
   "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder"

Derived forms: feeders

Type of: animal, animate being, beast, branch, brute, consumer, creature, device, domestic animal, domesticated animal, fauna, machine

Encyclopedia: Feeder