ground feeder (groundfe"der)

A fish which feeds at the bottom of the water. Sturgeons are ground - feeders . With their projecting wedge-shaped snout they stir up the soft bottom, and by means of their sensitive barbels detect shells, crustaceans, and small fishes, on which they feed. Encyc. Brit ., XXII. 611. ground-finch (ground'finch), n . 1. An American finch of the genus Pipilo . The towhee bunting or chewink is sometimes called the red-eyed ground- finch . Sclater . See cut under Pipilo.-21. A bird of Swains on's subfamily Fringillina . ground-fir (ground'fèr), п. Same as ground pine, 2.