food-gathering
[ food-gath-er-ing ]
/ ˈfudˌgæð ər ɪŋ /
adjective
procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
Origin of food-gathering
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby food-gathering
food stylist,
food truck,
food vacuole,
food vessel,
food web,
food-gathering,
foodaholic,
foodie,
foodstuff,
foofaraw,
fool
Example sentences from the Web for food-gathering
Thus there are food-gathering individuals, locomotor individuals, sense individuals, and reproductive individuals.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition |Vernon L. Kellogg