摄食 (shè shí) — (formal, especially biology) to forage for food; to ingest
Definition
A formal/biology term for animals' feeding and food-intake behavior. Rare outside scientific writing on animal diets or digestion.
verb
(formal, especially biology) to forage for foodto ingest
Examples
- 摄食。Zhè zhǒng niǎo tōng cháng zài qīng chén shè shí.This kind of bird usually forages in the early morning.
- 摄食。Kē xué jiā yán jiū le zhè zhǒng dòng wù de shè shí xí guàn.Scientists studied the feeding habits of this animal.
- 。Zhè zhǒng yú měi tiān shè liǎng cì shí.This kind of fish feeds twice a day.
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