as in tributary
a stream that flows into a larger body of water the lake has several feeders that have their headwaters near the Canadian border

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Recent Examples of feeder According to a recent study in Global Change Biology, a journal focused on environmental change, the use and prevalence of hummingbird feeders — like those red and clear plastic ones filled with homemade sugar water — changed the size and shape of the birds' beaks. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 23 May 2025 And gazing out at the magnificent views, as hummingbirds and orioles encircle the feeders. Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025 Light feeders, such as leafy greens, may not need any fertilizer when grown in melon pits; however, melons and other heavy feeders usually require light applications of supplemental fertilizer throughout the growing season. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025 Hummingbird history During the research process, the study authors sifted through newspaper archives in California, tracking hummingbird feeder mentions by county and comparing that to census data and scientific bird counts. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for feeder
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tributary
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  • Unlike flooding, other techniques (for example drip irrigation) do not cause water to overflow the field and runoff into a tributary, where the nutrient pollution enters the wider aqueous ecosystem.
    Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • White water rafting, kayaking and canoeing: The Trinity River, a 203-mile tributary of the Klamath River, starts in the Trinity Alps and features calm waters and multiple classes of white water.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025

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“Feeder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeder. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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