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Synonyms for forage

to make a thorough search of

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Synonyms for forage

bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

the act of searching for food and provisions

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collect or look around for (food)

wander and feed

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he's also foraged under bridges, along roadsides, and behind
Mobile robots with ID R01, R02, R08, and R09 had to travel further compared to others that already got the knowledge and had foraged more than 30 m in average.
It was frequently sighted that they foraged solitary and silently in POME areas, but sometimes, they also mixed with other egret for foraging.
10 out of 14 (the rest gave up and did not show up for more testing) of the group (A2) were able to see dead bees at all of the 8 flowers as they foraged freely from their colony.
Fergus, whose favourite foraged dish is sorbet made from the eye-popping bitter orange berries of the sea buckthorn, explains: "Theoretically there is more than enough food to survive and eat well the year round.
In ranked order, RCWs foraged more frequently in the mid-crown, low-crown, high-crown, and high-trunk areas of foraging stems ([[chi square].sub.8] = 5016, P < 0.001) (Table 5).
Most importantly, the difference in both GUD and QHR between open and covered bottles was greater in the risky edge habitat than in the safe forest when animals foraged intensely on the second day (three-way interaction; [F.sub.(GUD)1,l8] IS = 4.26, P = 0.05 and [F.sub.(QHR)1,l8] = 4.08, P = 0.06).
In June, resident colonies foraged at greater distances on days 2,3, and 4 (mean, resident, 1.9 s; moved, 1.3 s) than moved hives (one-way ANOVA: F = 18.56, P < 0.005; F = 6.73, P = 0.011; F = 8.12, P = 0.005 on days 2, 3, and 4, resp.).
However, when each guild was examined individually, behavior within habitats varied (i.e., some guilds foraged significantly more in one habitat; whereas others performed other activities; Table 2).
The investigators found that, in general, groups of robots foraged more efficiently and maintained higher levels of total energy than any single robot did.
- White-footed mice foraged readily in our experimental canopy (69% of all trials; Table 2).
In each case the bird traveled 20 km to forage in the same bay, and often foraged alone.