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Feeding vs Maxilliped - What's the difference?

feeding | maxilliped |

As nouns the difference between feeding and maxilliped

is that feeding is an instance of giving food while maxilliped is one of the appendages on the heads of some crustaceans behind the maxillae, used for feeding.

As a verb feeding

is present participle of lang=en.

feeding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of giving food.
  • * 1750 , The Universal Magazine (volume 7, page 52)
  • (dated) That which is eaten; food.
  • (dated) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pastureland.

    • Derived terms

    * bottom feeding * deposit feeding * filter feeding * fluid feeding * food-mass feeding * force feeding * feeding frenzy * feeding tube

    Anagrams

    * feigned

    maxilliped

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the appendages on the heads of some crustaceans behind the maxillae, used for feeding.

    • Derived terms

    *maxillipedary