Seedling vs Seedeater - What's the difference?
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(botany) A young plant grown from seed
Any young, especially
# one grown in a nursery for transplanting
# a tree smaller than a sapling.
(literally) An individual or species which eats seeds.
* 2003 , John Andrew Eastman, The Book of Field and Roadside
A bird species which feeds mainly on seeds.
Seedeater is a related term of seedling.
As nouns the difference between seedling and seedeater
is that seedling is a young plant grown from seed while seedeater is an individual or species which eats seeds.As an adjective seedling
is which is a seedling (see below.seedling
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(en noun)References
*seedeater
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(en noun)- Mammal seedeaters include chipmunks; ground squirrels; red, gray, and fox squirrels; voles; white-footed mice; and pocket gophers.
- Most seedeaters have strong, typically shaped bills.