"birdseed" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-birdseed.wav [US] Forms: birdseeds [plural]
Etymology: bird + seed Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bird|seed}} bird + seed Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} birdseed (usually uncountable, plural birdseeds)
  1. Seed, usually constituting a mixture from several species of plant, set out as food for birds. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Animal foods Translations (seed set out as food for birds): fuglefrø (Danish), linnutoit (Estonian), nourriture pour oiseaux [feminine] (French), Vogelfutter [neuter] (German), madáreledel (Hungarian), becchime [masculine] (Italian), куш жеми (kuş jemi) (Kyrgyz), karma [feminine] (Polish), fågelfrö (Swedish), kuş yemi (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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