1.6.4.2 Animal eating

Use this domain for words referring to animals eating. Because animals often eat in very different ways from people, many languages will have words that are specific to the way an animal eats.

  • How do mammals eat?
    graze, feed, chew the cud
  • How do carnivores eat?
    devour, gorge, tear (prey)
  • How do birds eat?
    peck,
  • How do snakes eat?
    swallow
  • How do insects eat?
    suck blood, bloodsucking, chew (holes in leaves)