prefeed

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prefeed

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From pre- + feed.

noun

uncountable Feed provided prior to some other operation (typically baiting). The restricted placement of prefeed does not impede rapid discovery by possums: a field study of the movements of 22 radio collared possums showed that most were immediately attracted from as far away as 250m to a line of prefeed (visits peaking on the second day of prefeed availability), and possum

verb prefeeds · prefeeding · prefed

transitive To feed material into a machine, etc. in preparation for some process.

adjective

not comparable Prior to feeding.

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@misc{prefeed_2026,
  title = {prefeed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prefeed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}