graze
verb (used without object)
to feed on growing grass and pasturage, as do cattle, sheep, etc.
grazer
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a word derived from
graze.
Example Sentences
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Overall, this iconic savanna grazer is not currently threatened.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2024
Taken together, the evidence indicated that D. xiezhi shared some morphological characteristics with modern giraffes and was likely a grazer, perhaps feeding on a mix of leafy plants and grasses.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2022
Africa is home to two of the five surviving rhinoceros species: the larger white rhino, a grass grazer, and the smaller black rhino, which browses on trees and bushes.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2021
I try to play as many games as I can every year, which makes me a grazer who samples a lot but lingers with very few.
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2014
Then Mary saw one reach beneath a grazer and milk it with her trunk; and then the wheeled one rolled over to her and raised her trunk delicately to Mary’s mouth.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
