cropful

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

crop +‎ -ful

Adjective[edit]

cropful (comparative more cropful, superlative most cropful)

  1. Having a full crop (belly); satiated.

Etymology 2[edit]

crop +‎ -ful

Noun[edit]

cropful (plural cropfuls)

  1. Enough to fill the crop of a bird.
    • 2000, Bernard Stonehouse, The Last Continent: Discovering Antarctica, page 105:
      They are waiting for their parents to return from the sea with cropfuls of fish, squid, krill, or whatever else passes for breakfast.

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