graminivorous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of graminivorous
1730–40; < Latin grāmin- (stem of grāmen ) grass + -i- + -vorous
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In the graminivorous birds, the walls of this cavity are very thick and muscular, and clothed internally with a strong, horny epithelium, serving for the trituration of the food.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings
The digestive apparatus of graminivorous animals is less simple, and their food contains very little nitrogen.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
The urine of man, of carnivorous and graminivorous animals, contains alkaline phosphates; that of herbivorous animals is free from these salts.
From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Justus, Freiherr von Liebig
It is the graminivorous order that meekly and peacefully crop the pastures that are well fed and in good condition—'which things are an allegory.'
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms by Alexander Maclaren
The larger beasts of prey are not met with, and little check is therefore put on the natural fecundity of the graminivorous species.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
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