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   feeder

   /ˈfiːdə/

   noun

   • 1. a person or animal that eats a particular food or in a particular manner: "a plankton feeder"
   • 2. a container filled with food for birds or mammals.
   • ▪ a child's feeding bottle. British
   • ▪ a bib for an infant. British
   • ▪ short for swimfeeder
   • 3. a person or thing that supplies something.
   • ▪ a device supplying material to a machine: "the automatic sheet feeder holds up to 10 sheets of paper"
   • ▪ a tributary stream.
   • ▪ a branch road or railway line linking outlying districts with a main communication system.
   • ▪ a main carrying electricity to a distribution point.
   • ▪ a school, sports team, etc. from which members move on to one more advanced: "a sixth-form college and its feeder schools"

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