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nounthe act of consuming food
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nounthe act of supplying food and nourishment
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Definition that contains feeding
- suckling feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
- omnivorous feeding on both plants and animals
- gavage feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat
- necrophagia feeding on corpses or carrion
- herbivorous feeding only on plants
- lactation feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
- baccivorous feeding on berries
- gastrogavage feeding a nutrient solution into the stomach through a tube through a surgically created opening
- carpophagous feeding on fruit
- nasogastric feeding feeding consisting of delivering liquid nutrients through a tube passing through the nose and into the stomach