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

Adj. eatable, edible, esculent†, comestible, alimentary; cereal, cibarious†; dietetic; culinary; nutritive, nutritious; gastric; succulent; potable, potulent†; bibulous. omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous; ichthyivorous; omophagic, omophagous; pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

In graminivorous animals, we observe, that during their whole life, their existence depends on a supply of substances having a composition identical with that of sugar of milk, or closely resembling it.

From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von

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

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 Harvey, William

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

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.