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

Example sentences from the Web for food-gathering

  • Thus there are food-gathering individuals, locomotor individuals, sense individuals, and reproductive individuals.