Sentence examples for chiefly feed on from inspiring English sources

Off West Greenland, 75% of the fin whales caught between July and October had consumed krill (family Euphausiidae), 17% capelin (Mallotus) and 8% sand lance (Ammodytes sp .. Off eastern Newfoundland, they chiefly feed on capelin, but also take small quantities of euphausiids (mostly T. raschii and T. inermis).

Captain Matthew Flinders did not encounter emus when he visited King Island in 1802, but his naturalist, Robert Brown, examined their dung and noted they had chiefly fed on the berries of Leptecophylla juniperina.

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Sea lilies occur chiefly in deep waters, where they feed on detritus.

While current growth comes chiefly through the spread of dial-up 28.8 modems, the next wave will feed on the power of cable modems and digital subscriber line links, most of them always on, running from 500 to 1,000 times faster.

Adult A. aureolatum ticks feed chiefly on Carnivora species (mostly domestic dogs), but immature ticks (larvae, nymphs) generally feed on passerine birds and a few rodent species (7, 23 ).

Adult A. aureolatum ticks feed chiefly on Carnivora species (mostly domestic dogs), but immature ticks (larvae, nymphs) prefer to feed on passerine birds and a few rodent species (6 ).

The large, usually green, larvae feed chiefly on tree foliage.

They feed chiefly on insects but eat fruit also.

They feed chiefly on fungi and decaying organic matter.

Crows feed chiefly on the ground, where they walk about purposefully.