graminivorous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of graminivorous
1730–40; < Latin grāmin- (stem of grāmen ) grass + -i- + -vorous
Example Sentences
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They knew, or they could say, that a cow was “a graminivorous ruminating quadruped,” and that was enough, in the philosophy of Mr. Gradgrind.
From Dickens As an Educator by James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
Therefore, absurd as it may sound, I am prepared to affirm that Pinguicula is not only insectivorous, but graminivorous, and granivorous!
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
The herbs of this order of vegetables support the countless tribes of graminivorous animals.
From The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. by Erasmus Darwin
Thus the same line may be drawn from opposite directions, and a beast of prey with a muzzle is as harmless as a graminivorous animal.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
In fact, there are few graminivorous animals that may not be brought to be carnivorous.”
From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by William Harvey
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