Sentences with phrase «mostly grass seed»

In the wild parakeets eat mostly grass seed, but a captive bird can be fed an array of organic vegetables and fruits, bread crumbs, and pasta.

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Seeds contain mostly the embryo part of the plant, while grains contain mostly the fruit part of the plant and comes from the grass family.

Cereal crops are mostly grasses cultivated for their edible seeds (actually a fruit called a caryopsis).

... except the fermentation / mammalian species point: wild carnivores, and some domestics like cats, eat the gut of their prey — their prey are mostly vegetarian animals; these organs have a large amount of fermented, pre-digested vegetable matter — wild grains, seeds, grasses, root and woody fibers.

While humans can do quite well on diets that contain moderate amounts of starch and healthy fats (including nuts, seeds, and avocados), rabbits have evolved to eat diets that consist mostly of low - fat, low - calorie, high - fiber foods like grass and hay.

Their food is mostly vegetable matter, chiefly seeds, leaves, and stems of grasses and forbs, although occasionally insects, such as grasshoppers, crickets, and beetles, may be eaten.