Feeder may refer to:
Feeder line (disambiguation), a peripheral route or branch from a main line or trunk line
Agriculture, biology and pets Feeder (livestock equipment) Feeder (beekeeping), any of several devices used in apiculture to supplement or replace natural food sources Bird feeder Aquarium fish feeder, an electric or electronic device that is designed to feed aquarium fish at regular intervals Feeder cattle Feeder fish, certain types of inexpensive fish commonly fed as live prey to captive animals Live food Feeder barn Livestock feeder (person), a farmer rearing and fattening livestock
Biology Feeder cell, a fibroblast, a type of cell used in human embryonic stem cell research Feeder cells, cells that line a Petri dish to provide cell contact for other cells so that the latter can grow on top of the former Bulk feeder, an organism that obtains nutrients by eating all of an organism Fluid feeder (disambiguation), organisms that feed on the fluid of other organisms Deposit feeder, organisms that obtain nutrients by consuming dissolved organic matter
Machine
Automatic document feeder, in office equipment Bowl feeder, used to feed components automation applications Rotary feeder, a component in a bulk or specialty material handling system Variable rate feeder, a piece of industrial control equipment used to deliver solid material at a known rate into some process Vibrating feeder, an instrument that uses vibration to feed material to a process or machine
Vehicles Feeder bus, bus service that brings people from a rail station or transit hub to their final destination or vice versa Feeder ship, a small-to-medium container ship which collects and distributes containers between ports and hubs
Electrical Feeder, a power line that transfers power from a distribution substation to the distribution transformers in electric power distribution Feeder, an electrical wiring circuit in a building that carries power from a transformer or switchgear to a distribution panel Feeder, a circuit conductor between the power supply source and a final branch circuit over current device
Telecommunication Feeder link, a radio link from an earth station at a given location to a space station (up-link), or vice versa (down-link) Feeder line (network), a branch line of a communications or other network Leaky feeder, a communications system used in underground mining and other tunnel environments
Entertainment Feeder (band), a Welsh rock group Feeders (film), a 1996 American science fiction horror film "The Feeder", story by Mildred Cram adapted to film as Behind the Make-Up in 1930 Feeder club, another name for a farm team Feeder formula, in formula racing
Other Feeder, a software application for creating, editing and publishing RSS feeds on Mac OS X Feeder (fetish), someone who gains sexual pleasure from helping another gain weight Feeder Airlines Feeder band, a band of squall-like winds and rain on the outside of a tropical cyclone Feeder bluff, in geography Feeder fund, an investment fund which does almost all of its investments through a master fund via a master-feeder relationship Feeder school Feeder (casting), another name for a riser, a reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent cavities due to shrinkage Feeder, a frontage road or other small road eventually delivering traffic to a larger one Feeder, a character who dies repeatedly in video game terminology
See also
Feed (disambiguation)