Prefeeding
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Prefeeding is an adjective meaning present participle and gerund of prefeed.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of prefeed.
More Meanings
- (chiefly of infants or animals) Before feeding.
Example Sentences
prefeeding blood glucose levels
Near-synonyms: premeal, preprandial, precibal
We investigated a new approach to ground based control that combined aerial distribution of non-toxic ‘prefeed’ baits followed by sparse distribution of toxic baits at regular intervals along the GPS tracked prefeeding flight paths.
Synonyms for prefeeding
Depending on context, synonyms include preprandial.
Antonyms for prefeeding
Common opposites include postfeeding, postprandial, postcibal, postbreakfast.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prefeed, prefasting, postfeeding, preweaning, postfeed, pretraining.
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