scatterhoard
English
Etymology
scatter + hoard
Verb
scatterhoard (third-person singular simple present scatterhoards, present participle scatterhoarding, simple past and past participle scatterhoarded)
- (biology, transitive, intransitive) To hoard food in multiple caches in different locations.
- 2015, Stephen H. Jenkins, Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology (page 210)
- 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