graminivorous
feeding or subsisting on grass: a graminivorous bird.
Origin of graminivorous
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How to use graminivorous in a sentence
Thus was a graminivorous animal nurtured by a carnivorous and predacious one!
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsIf woman had a free hand in the world's marketing the race would become graminivorous.
The Devil's Dictionary | Ambrose BierceThus was a graminivorous animal nurtured by a carnivorous and predaceous one!
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 | Gilbert WhiteThe interior, which is bright, and tastefully arranged, is crowded with the graminivorous of both sexes.
Otherwise they differ in many respects—some being carnivorous, others graminivorous, others insectivorous, and so on.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found | Mayne Reid
British Dictionary definitions for graminivorous
/ (ˌɡræmɪˈnɪvərəs) /
(of animals) feeding on grass
Origin of graminivorous
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