feed mostly

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to eat something as the main part of a diet

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Examples (10)

  • Pandas feed mostly on bamboo shoots and leaves.
  • These birds feed mostly on insects and small worms.
  • Koalas feed mostly on eucalyptus leaves throughout the day.
  • The fish in this lake feed mostly on plankton and algae.
  • Hummingbirds feed mostly on nectar from flowers.
  • Bears feed mostly on berries during the summer months.
  • These herbivores feed mostly on grasses and vegetation.
  • The whales feed mostly on krill in these waters.
  • Monarch butterflies feed mostly on milkweed plants.
  • The seals feed mostly on fish and squid in the ocean.