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scatterhoard

verb

Etymology

From scatter + hoard.

  1. derived from *hurdi✻ — “wickerwork, braiding of branches, hurdle, scaffolding, military company”
  2. derived from *hurd✻
  3. derived from horde
  4. derived from hourd
  5. derived from hurde
  6. inherited from hord
  7. compounded as scatterhoard — “scatter + hoard”

Definitions

  1. To hoard food in multiple caches in different locations.

    • The situation is more complex for rodents, which eat some seeds but scatterhoard others in conditions that may aid germination and establishment.

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