scatterhoard
verbEtymology From scatter + hoard.
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Biology, Natural sciences Ambitransitive To hoard food in multiple caches in different locations.
- The situation is more complex for rodents, which eat some seeds but scatterhoard others in conditions that may aid germination and establishment.2015, Stephen H. Jenkins, Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology, page 210:
- Related terms
- larderhoard