graminivorous

American  

[gram-uh-niv-er-uhs] / ˌgræm əˈnɪv ər əs /

adjective

1. feeding or subsisting on grass.

   a graminivorous bird.

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graminivorous British  

/ ˌɡræmɪˈnɪvərəs /

adjective

1. (of animals) feeding on grass

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Etymology

Origin of graminivorous

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

Example Sentences

Two large graminivorous or browsing quadrupeds, the ur and the schelk, once common in Germany, have been utterly extirpated, the eland and the auerochs nearly so.

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

It was a flora unfitted, apparently, for the support of either graminivorous bird or herbivorous quadruped.

From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Miller, Hugh

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 Maclaren, Alexander

When exercise is denied to graminivorous and omnivorous animals this is tantamount to a deficient supply of oxygen.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

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