How To Use Feed on In A Sentence

Fire ants feed on almost any plant or animal material, including vulnerable reptile and ground-bird hatchlings.
The proboscis is the part of the head that the bug uses to feed on its prey. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
Water from the aquarium tanks is pumped over the top of rafts of brown algae, which feed on the nutrients in the water and help clean it naturally, as they would out on the reef.
The female mosquitoes become the bloodsuckers, and they use their long proboscis to bite other animals and feed on their blood.
In addition to fish, Pterois volitans feed on invertebrates such as amphipods, isopods, and other crustaceans.

Feed on a healthy diet of positive, encouraging, hopeful thoughts.
bats feed on insects and fruit.
In ancient times this was done by carrying the body to a high hilltop, leaving it bare for nature's scavengers to feed on.
They feed on small bony fishes, snails, worms, shrimps, clams, abalone, and crabs.
But along comes a cabbage root fly, whose larvae feed on the roots.
Cows feed on hay.
Eleven species of bichirs inhabit shallow floodwater areas in tropical Africa rivers, where they feed on worms, insect larvae, and small insects.
Mites and ticks which feed on vertebrate hair or blood often carry disease organisms, such as spirochete bacteria, responsible for relapsing fever and Lyme disease.
Dice up the leaves and feed only as much as the fish will consume in ten minutes.
In mid - to late summer, squash bugs feed on pumpkins, cucumbers, squash, watermelons and even raspberries.
Declines in seabird populations (kittiwakes, boobies, cormorants, pelicans) have also been blamed on depletion of the fish stocks that they feed on.
The smaller waders will feed on the bivalve molluscs and the little worms and that that are actually in the mud and sand.
I am abhorrently evil and I feed on misery and death This would have made EXCELLENT ammo against the inhuman, barbarian right-wing devils who eat babies. Matthew Yglesias » Goldfarb Endorses Terrorist Ethics
The feed only gets notice when we unhook it, and we're not fed the world by our umbilicals, we're pulled further out of it.
In one study, U.S. and Canadian government scientists purposely contaminated an experimental lake in Ontario with around 5 nanograms per liter of ethynyl estradiol, and studied the effects on the lake's fathead minnow population, a common species that fish like lake trout and northern pike feed on. YubaNet.com
A good man may be in want, but then he quiets himself, and strives to make himself easy; but these people when they shall be hungry shall fret themselves, and when they have nothing to feed on their vexation shall prey upon their own spirits; for fretfulness is a sin that is its own punishment. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
Koalas inhabit eucalyptus woodlands where they feed on eucalyptus leaves, stems, flowers, and bark.
The process is meant to prevent myiasis, or "fly-strike," in which fly larvae infest and feed on the skin. AndPOP.com
It was not her first time allowing a vampire to feed on her blood.
Parameciums have a permanent feeding mechanism, consisting of a funnel-shaped gullet into which food is drawn by the combined action of the cilia. They feed on small organisms such as bacteria and even other smaller protozoa.
In tropical vegetated seabird colonies such as Aride, predatory ants may feed on tick eggs and larvae thereby reducing tick levels.
Over hundreds and thousands of years, large carnivora like the tiger, the jaguar, the lion, the big cats that feed on other animals, have never got along with man, anywhere on the planet. Questions & Answers - Valmik Thapar
Many ortheziids, as they are known, live in soil or leaf litter and feed on fungi, lichens, mosses, and plant roots.
There have been reports that the caterpillars of the butterfly Euphydryes phaeton feed on the foliage of various beardtongues, but this does not appear to be the case in Illinois.
We don't feed on the younger or the stronger so that they may grow and prosper.
Butterflies feed on the flowers of garden plants.
Most adult electric eels will feed on smaller fish, while juveniles will prey mainly on smaller invertebrates.
Cows feed on grass.
The sheep feed on grass.
Cows feed on hay.
What was decomposing the carcasses, given the total absence of fossils of the larger flies, such as flesh flies and blowflies (whose larvae, which we call maggots, feed on carrion)?
The arctic meadows, tundras, and steppes contained the herbaceous plants, leaves, and sprigs of shrubs and low shrubs needed for the mammoth to feed on and survive in glacial Siberia.
The young, which are about a centimetre in length, feed on their reserves for the first few days of life.
In an echo of the wild rumpus scenes from "Where the Wild Things Are," we soon embark on six densely illustrated but wordless pages of roistering, in which Bumble-Ardy and his friends feed one another cake, rattle tambourines and prance about with birthday banners. Sendak's Party Animals
The ivory gull often follows polar bears to feed on the remains of seal kills.
The smell is made by the bacteria that feed on this sweat, which comes from the apocrine glands in the armpits and groin area.
Large channel siluroids that feed on the characins are the second group of prized fish.
The parasite is common in pigeons and collared doves and can also affect birds of prey, which feed on sick pigeons and doves. Times, Sunday Times
Scientists are investigating how long geese may be exposed to pesticides as they move about and feed on arable crops in North Yorkshire.
Their tricuspid teeth (three sharp points per tooth) are especially adapted to feed on organisms with hard shells such as clams, snails, crabs and shrimp.
They feed on various things, perfume, music, incense, smoke from cooking, or emanations from a monk's meditation. The Gaki in "Children of the Night" by Mercedes Lackey
All animals including men feed on plants or other animals.
Woodchucks feed on greens, and the snow has to melt before they grow.
Fieldfare and redwings feed on the mounds of apples, Blackbirds and thrushes turn over the compost heap.
The bacteria feed on mucus secreted by glands on the worms' backs.
From spring to autumn, give it plenty of water, mist the leaves occasionally and apply a liquid feed once a month.
When they settle on the water they feed on zooplankton. Times, Sunday Times
Let him spend time in the toughest American prisons amongst the worst of the worst and when he dies (hopefully of old age and not from being excessively sodomized) let a feral dog feed on his body and bury what is left of the remains along with the dog's droppings in a 55 gallon drum of lard. The under pants bomber dilemma
The Toxo mosquito, when in a larvae state, has the nature to feed on the comparatively smaller sized anopheles and culex larvae.
After a female borer lays its eggs on an ash tree, the larvae burrow through the bark and feed on vascular tissue called the phloem, cutting off the tree's supply of nutrients and starving it to death. The Bugs Rescuing the Baseball Bats
They are less than a millimetre long and feed on scales of human skin. The Sun
They also feed on sap from sapsucker holes, berries, nuts, seeds, and suet.
They used to feed on the fish being cleaned by local fishermen. The Sun
Damage occurs when beetles feed on the seed and destroy the germ, resulting in an uneven stand.
They are less than a millimetre long and feed on scales of human skin. The Sun
Hoping to make peace and begin to overcome his loss, he is saddened to see the bodachs, gruesome black shades who feed on death, begin to show up on the abbey grounds and lurk over the children.
Interestingly, American shad do not feed on their journey upriver from the Atlantic Ocean. F&S Hook Shots, Episode 1: American Shad
In addition to whitefish, bull trout will feed on sculpins, darters or other trout and where applicable, salmon fry.
Copepods feed on microscopic algae and in turn serve as food for millions of other invertebrates and fish.
The savanna is also the home of meat - eaters — the lion, leopard, and hyena who feed on the grasseaters.
While in freshwater, Chinook Salmon fry and smolts feed on plankton and then terrestrial and aquatic insects, amphipods and crustaceans.
The whole idea behind fly fishing is to mimic the different insects and aquatic animals fish feed on.
On hatching of eggs, the grubs feed on soft tissues inside the trunk.
Farmers have traditionally used sugary solutions to attract red ants to feed on insect larvae.
I liked where they were planted because halfway across the little spring creek, trout sometimes lined up to feed on surface insects such as caddis and later the occasional sulfur. Undefined
My kitchen window is at the back of the house and if I leave it open the house is filled with brown flies - they are not the normal bluebottles but flies which feed on sewage.
The red uakari inhabits the rainforest canopy where they feed on leaves, fruit and insects.
Rays and skates primarily feed on molluscs, crustaceans, worms and occasionally smaller fishes.
Some of the small summer visitors are wandering about the countryside looking for berries to feed on. Times, Sunday Times
When trees die, the Crouches leave them standing so that birds such as flickers and chickadees can feed on the insects that invade the dead wood.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one. Mother Teresa
With the birch catkins all gone by February, they come down and feed on the early dandelion clocks. Times, Sunday Times
The carnivores feed on annelids, crustaceans, and fish.
Most larvae are predaceous and feed on most other small invertebrates. Insecta (Aquatic)
Contrary to popular belief, bats are not helpless on the ground or in the water, and some insectivorous species feed on ground-dwelling insects as much or more than they feed on insects captured in flight.
TIP: Many larger species -- tarpon, barracuda, grouper -- feed on baitfish, and pinfish are tops. A Keys Report: Fishing the Backcountry with Executive Editor Mike Toth
Some, like many starfish, are predators; holothurians, sand dollars, and ophiuroids often feed on detritus; crinoids are filter-feeders; sea urchins scrape algae from rocks.
When nectar resources are scarce, hummingbirds will also feed on sap from holes in trees made by sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus).
Goldfinches also feed on the seed of goldenrod, coreopsis, cosmos, zinnias, dandelions and other weedy plants.
These migratory diving birds winter in the Delta region, where they voraciously feed on channel catfish fingerlings and any other fish they can swallow.
On the other hand, the sweat that comes from the "apocrine" glands (usually located under the arm pits, the genital areas and around the nipples) contain proteins and oily substances that bacteria can feed on and break down to cause body odour. MyLinkVault Newest Links
Tropical fish haunt its few coral reefs, and whale sharks and giant Pacific manta rays feed on its plankton.
These all feed on pteropods, or sea butterflies, one of the species most threatened by rising acidity.
Swifts feed on the wing, and their large gape enables them to catch insects while in flight.
What a waste, unless in the movie the snake dislocates its jaw to feed on something big, and then in the DVD commentary Angelina demonstrates this trick while sucking on my member. NEW KUNG FU PANDA TRAILER
Purple Finches flock to the wahoo elm trees to feed on the buds, and Crossbills attack the pine cones.
Poor fellow, I know he adores my daughter and thinks to let concealment like a thingamy in the bud feed on his damask cheek! Three Hats A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts
She was about to begin to feed on the owls kill when she scented the smell of a felida, finally noticing a shadowed form at the back of the cave.
Tiny baitfish feed on these amphipods, and the next point in the cycle provides food for larger fish, which in turn nurture popular gamefish, among others.
There are various species of snailfish, some of which can be found in shallower waters, but the hadal is found almost exclusively in depths exceeding 6000 meters, where they feed on small shrimp who scavenge the carcasses of dead marine life. Warren Ellis
Does your spider feed on the prey at once or does it wrap it in sticky threads and feed on it later?
The key to the transformation is that the oxygen has increased the number of invertebrate the fish feed on from about five to 30 including freshwater shrimp, water louse and a caddis which only thrives in pristine waters.
One well-known example involves animals that feed on floral nectar but do not transfer pollen between flowers.
Crabs or fish or even a diamondback terrapin enters a trap to feed on the bait, can't get out, dies and becomes the bait that attracts more victims.
The key to the transformation is that the oxygen has increased the number of invertebrate the fish feed on from about five to 30 including freshwater shrimp, water louse and a caddis which only thrives in pristine waters.
Using round-nose pliers, unbend the wire handle ends inside the box and feed on large beads with large holes.
They feed on insects and the present increase in temperatures has meant more insects on the wing and therefore some bats are also becoming more common and extending their range.
As black-headed and common gulls tend to feed on farmland, it seems likely that farmland is the origin of the outbreak.
These bacteria feed on undigested food particles and release gases during a process called fermentation.
Every March and April, whale sharks come to Ningaloo Reef on Australia's outback coast to feed on plankton.
The golden plover breeds in short vegetation on upland heaths and peat bogs and adults also travel each day to feed on nearby pastures.
In South America, anteaters evolved long sticky tongues that enable them to feed on ants and termites.
Hundreds of macaws and parrots gather at the exposed riverbanks to feed on clay, which helps the birds digest their diet of nutritious seeds.
It is willing and able to feed on a variety of prey species, up to the size of antelopes.
They are less than a millimetre long and feed on scales of human skin. The Sun
In winter, they feed on berries, seeds, and acorns, in trees or shrubs or on the ground.
During the summer, many polar bears gather to rest and feed on hunter-harvested bowhead whale remains near Kaktovik, on Barter Island.
Otters mostly feed on invertebrates such as urchins, squid, octopus, crabs, abalone and other mollusks.
The young, which are about a centimetre in length, feed on their reserves for the first few days of life.
The newly emerged adults feed on young leaves and flower buds.
From tiny piranha that can tear apart humans in the Amazon to large killer catfish in India that feed on dead bodies, Jeremy has seen it allor has he? WN.com - Articles related to ETHIOPIA-KENYA: Dam "busters" say Gibe 3 puts thousands at risk
Goldfish feed on crustaceans, insect larvae, molluscs and some vegetation.
While blue whales may occasionally feed on pelagic crabs and small fishes, their diet is almost exclusively euphausiid shrimps commonly called krill.
Oyster drills feed on oysters by drilling a hole directly through the oyster's shell.
They also feed on glucose and produce an acid called lactic acid. AllAfrica News: Latest
Alien plants often don't attract insects, which means there is nothing for birds to feed on.
Like sheep they are destined for the grave, and death will feed on them.
The adults of most species feed on nectar and honeydew produced by aphids and other sucking insects like leafhoppers, whiteflies and mealybugs.
As a result, we are losing the animals that feed on them: birds and reptiles and amphibians and mammals. Times, Sunday Times
Depending on plant growth stage, these tiny cutworms may proceed to the unfolding whorl where they feed on parts of the emerging tassel, or move directly to the ear or leaf axil.
They feed on many types microscopic algae that grow on calcareous material, such as coral skeletons.
Yes, every man is going to Hell, saved and unsaved, death shall feed on them, their beauty shall be consumed in the grave.
Many species feed on elongated fish, such as eels, which they paralyze with their venom.
Only fecundated females feed on blood, and must be fertilized after each batch of eggs. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases
Each spur can feed one new outlet, and this can be a single, double or triple socket outlet.
Lacewings, White-banded clerid Robber files Feed on aphids and soft-bodied insects. Chapter 7
They feed on fallen acorns and beechmast. Times, Sunday Times
They feed on honeydew excreted by other insects and then lay eggs just beneath the apples' skins.
He soon became known as a man of profound faith who emphasized charity, humility, and above all, the hard labor necessary to feed one's family.
Agriculture professionals applaud the bats, which feed on migratory corn earworm moths (also known as cotton bollworms), America's number-one agricultural pest.
They feed on nearshore sea grass and algae pastures.
All the same we took about thirty fish from the shoal before they became too cross with us to feed on.
Nightjars feed on flying insects at dusk in open country near trees. Times, Sunday Times
And through all this he drifted, ever pursued by the flitting shadows of the anthropophagi, themselves ghosts of evil that dared not face him in battle but that knew, soon or late, that they would feed on him. “It was the Golden Fleece ready for the shearing.”
It is believed that the microscopic plankton on which tiny sandeel larvae feed are moving northwards as the sea water warms, leaving the baby fish with nothing to feed on.
Cedar waxwings, crows, finches, flycatchers, grosbeaks, grouse, jays, mockingbirds, pheasants, thrushes, vireos, and woodpeckers feed on their fruits.
Dwarf mongooses mainly feed on insects like termites, locusts, beetles, grubs, larvae and spiders.
The caterpillars of the monarch butterfly, surprisingly, are able to feed on milkweed without taking any of these precautions.
Larvae of this species are coprophagous, meaning they feed on the dung of large mammals, which they thereby decompose, together with many other species of primarily earthworms, beetles and flies.
The larvae of these species attract the hyperparasitic wasp Eurytoma lutea, whose larvae feed on these gall-formers.
Their tricuspid teeth (three sharp points per tooth) are especially adapted to feed on organisms with hard shells such as clams, snails, crabs and shrimp.
The sea eagles feed on them but it does not stop the rabbits increasing. Times, Sunday Times
Gardener snakes, grass snakes, ground beetles, box turtles, salamanders, ducks, and larvae of lightning bugs all feed on snails.
Dermatophytes are fungi that can cause infections of the skin, hair and nails because of their ability to feed on keratin.
Both adults and juveniles feed on benthic algae as well as on benthic and planktonic crustacea.
Greenbugs feed on a variety of grass crops, including wheat, oats, barley, rye and sorghum.
Such declines are consistent with those observed in other ducks when they feed on highly digestible foods.
Sea turtles are omnivorous and feed on a variety of sponges, cnidarians, mollusks, crustaceans, algae, plants, and fish.
They are less than a millimetre long and feed on scales of human skin. The Sun
As the rays hover over the seamounts, the diminutive angelfish come up and feed on the parasites that attach to the rays' skin.
Use a liquid feed once a month. Times, Sunday Times
Thus, the viruses which attack the autotrophic prokaryotes Synechococcus, the bacteria which absorb dissolved organic excreted by autotrophic protists such as diatoms and dinoflagellates, and the protists such as ciliates, radiolarians which feed on autotrophic protists are all consumers of primary production. Marine microbes
The eggs hatch after about two weeks, and the young larvae begin to feed on the walls of the gall.
They have a large gape which allows them to feed on very large fish by chopping them in half.
Using a liquid feed on them will not come amiss either. Times, Sunday Times
Today caterpillars and weevils feed on roots, stems, leaves, reproductive cones, and seeds of cycads.
Vampire bats are found across Latin America and feed on the blood of warm-blooded animals such as birds, horses and cattle.
So the oilier your scalp is, the more the fungus has to feed on, increasing your chances of developing dandruff. The Sun
Manta rays live in tropical waters and feed on plankton, using their frontal flaps.
In addition to corn it may feed on weeds, including cocklebur.
They feed on crustaceans, such as the small shrimp-like mysids.
The drawings help explain what to do. 11 Breeding flour beetles Flour beetles live in and feed on stored flour.
Sea lice latch on to the fish and feed on their skin and muscle tissue. Times, Sunday Times
Living horseshoe crabs feed on molluscs, worms, and other tasty and nutritious marine invertebrates.
Afterall, one definition of 'graze' is "to feed on herbage in a field". January 2006
Moreover, whereas most domesticates feed on widely available plant foods, cats are obligate carnivores, meaning they have a limited ability to digest anything but meata far rarer menu item. Hard wired to the past | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
If the field was allowed to grow like a hay meadow, to encourage meadow flowers and insects that feed on them, an area should also be kept mown or grazed for picnics, barbecues and also, perhaps, with pathways among the long grass.
They feed on insects, seed and shoots, digging in the snow with well-feathered feet and burrowing for food and shelter.
A few species that use their pedicellariae to capture prey may even feed on fish.
They used to feed on the fish being cleaned by local fishermen. The Sun
As they continue on the road, the sky is filled with carrion birds and wolves feed on the bodies of unburied orcs.
Crossbills and squirrels both feed on the seeds of conifer cones - a dietary triangle that sets the stage for intriguing evolutionary interactions.
The female mosquitoes become the bloodsuckers, and they use their long proboscis to bite other animals and feed on their blood.
As this disorder proceeds chiefly from their gluttony and filth, and hot drinking of potale and slop; to remedy which, it would be commendable to feed on cold potale, or scarcely milk warm, to keep them clean, to mix salt occasionally with the potale -- tar their trough once a month, and give them a little ground antimony. The Practical Distiller An Introduction To Making Whiskey, Gin, Brandy, Spirits, &c. &c. of Better Quality, and in Larger Quantities, than Produced by the Present Mode of Distilling, from the Produce of the United States
Unlike mammals, chicks do not feed on milk formula as their stomachs cannot digest it.
Only slightly larger than a sparrow, crossbills live exclusively in conifer forests where they feed on the seeds.
They are heading for coasts and estuaries, where they feed on the unfrozen foreshore. Times, Sunday Times
They tend to emerge at dawn and dusk, to feed on the lichens which festoon these forest hideaways .
The female mosquitoes become the bloodsuckers, and they use their long proboscis to bite other animals and feed on their blood.
They live in soil or leaf litter and feed on fungi, lichens, mosses, and plant roots.
The adults and young feed on saltcedar leaves, repeatedly defoliating the tree and depriving it of nutrients.
Although moles feed on beneficial invertebrates as well as lawn pests, they rarely affect the populations of either.
Tiny parasitic wasps or flies burrow into its tissue and lay their own eggs; when these young hatch, they feed on the embryonic caterpillar.
Desert locusts (Shistocarica gregaria) and Melolonthidae beetles attack the foliage, and bruchid beetles feed on the mature dried seeds. Chapter 10
Cedar waxwings, crows, finches, flycatchers, grosbeaks, grouse, jays, mockingbirds, pheasants, thrushes, vireos, and woodpeckers feed on their fruits.
These insectivorous species feed on a wide range of aerial insects, some of which are considered to be major agricultural pests, including corn earworms and cotton boleworms. Contributor: Thomas Kunz
This has a knock-on effect on the fish and sand eels that feed on them, which in turn affects the survival of seabirds. Times, Sunday Times
For example, some species may be attracted to human blood while others may feed only on the blood of wild or domestic animals.
Our two major species overwinter as eggs in the soil, hatching in early June to feed on corn roots.
Cattle feed on corn and grass, and fatten on vegetables that tend to cause flatulency, such as bitter vetch or bruised beans or bean-stalks. The History of Animals
Sea lice latch on to the fish and feed on their skin and muscle tissue. Times, Sunday Times
They are often seen with flocks of chaffinches, who also feed on beechmast, though not so obsessively. Times, Sunday Times
Goldfinches also feed on the seed of goldenrod, coreopsis, cosmos, zinnias, dandelions and other weedy plants.
A great inconvenience comes by variety of dishes, which causeth the precedent distemperature, [2937] than which (saith Avicenna) nothing is worse; to feed on diversity of meats, or overmuch, Sertorius-like, in lucem caenare, and as commonly they do in Muscovy and Anatomy of Melancholy
They used to feed on the fish being cleaned by local fishermen. The Sun

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