softbilled
adjEtymology
From soft + bill + -ed.
Definitions
Of birds, preferring to feed on relatively soft foods, such as insects or fruits.
- Most of the softbilled birds feed on insects, and not on grain or seeds, and therefore usually retire before winter; but the following, though they eat insects, remain with us during the whole year […]
- These birds can be kept very well in a well-planted aviary on the standard softbilled diet, with the addition of raw minced meat, 12 mealworms daily, and if possible other kinds of live insects.
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