feeding ground

feeding ground
noun
: the area in which an animal or group of animals customarily feed (as by grazing)

a lion skulking about the feeding ground of a herd of antelope

a feeding ground for small game

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feeding ground UK US noun [countable] [singular feeding ground plural feeding grounds]
a place where a group of animals, birds, or fish regularly go to look for food and eat it
Thesaurus: general words for land and miscellaneous areas of landhyponym

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