feed on/upon

phrasal verb

fed on/upon; feeding on/upon; feeds on/upon

: to eat (something) as food

—usually used of animals

Owls feed on insects, birds, and small mammals.

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King crabs in general begin life by hatching from an egg as a larval stage known as zoea, which drift with ocean currents and feed on plankton and other microscopic organisms. —

Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 For reference, female mosquitoes can live and feed on blood for several weeks. —

Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 8 Jan. 2025 Food web: Less ice and warmer waters can cause phytoplankton − microscopic plant-like organisms that form the base of many aquatic food webs − to bloom earlier than the zooplankton that feed on them. —

Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024 Case in point: the creation of energy vampires like Colin Robinson, who feed on emotional energy instead of blood. —

Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for feed on/upon

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