[seed-ee-ter] 
| any of numerous small, tropical American finches, esp. of the genus Sporophila. |
| seed·eat·er (sēd'ē'tər) n. Any bird that feeds primarily on seeds, especially a finch of the genus Sporophila. |
seedeater
broadly, any songbird that lives chiefly on seeds and typically has a more or less strong conical bill for crushing them. In this sense, the term includes the sparrows, buntings, finches, grosbeaks, canaries, weavers, and waxbills.
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