graminivorous

[ gram-uh-niv-er-uhs ]

adjective

1. feeding or subsisting on grass:

   a graminivorous bird.

graminivorous

/ ˌɡræmɪˈnɪvərəs /

adjective

1. (of animals) feeding on grass

Word History and Origins

Origin of graminivorous¹

1730–40; < Latin grāmin- (stem of grāmen ) grass + -i- + -vorous

Word History and Origins

Origin of graminivorous¹

C18: from Latin grāmen grass + -vorous

Example Sentences

Thus was a graminivorous animal nurtured by a carnivorous and predacious one!

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If woman had a free hand in the world's marketing the race would become graminivorous.

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Thus was a graminivorous animal nurtured by a carnivorous and predaceous one!

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The interior, which is bright, and tastefully arranged, is crowded with the graminivorous of both sexes.

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Otherwise they differ in many respects—some being carnivorous, others graminivorous, others insectivorous, and so on.

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