Handfed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Handfed is an adjective meaning Of an animal or machine, fed by hand.
Meaning
Of an animal or machine, fed by hand.
More Meanings
- simple past and past participle of handfeed
Example Sentences
A handfed baby parrot represents days, weeks, years of feeding, cleaning, and care cycles.
A handfed parrot is one that has been taken from the nest at a young age and fed by hand by a human.
We are in the great preserves, where hares in herds and troops of handfed pheasants invite the attention of banded poachers, and provoke heartburnings in parishes that ought to be peaceful.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include handpicked, handed, handcarried, bottle-fed, fullhanded, loose-handed.
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