granivorous

American  

[gruh-niv-er-uhs] / grəˈnɪv ər əs /

adjective

1. (of an animal, especially a bird) eating grain and seeds.

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granivorous British  

/ ɡræˈnɪvərəs /

adjective

1. (of animals) feeding on seeds and grain

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Other Word Forms

• granivore
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of granivorous

First recorded in 1640–50; grani- ( def. ) + -vorous ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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granivorous

All creation, nearly, preys on some other part of creation—except that respectable number that are granivorous, and herbivorous, and graminivorous.'

From A Red Wallflower by Susan Warner

This is a general practice with the granivorous tribes, in order to provide their young with soft and digestible food before they are strong enough to digest the hard, coriaceous seed.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 by Various

The bobolink is an insectivorous bird in the North, or until its brood has flown, and a granivorous bird in the South.

From The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton by John Burroughs

Seed′-drill, a machine for sowing seed in rows; Seed′-eat′er, a granivorous bird.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

I will leave the granivorous birds to speak of another class, equally hardy, but of habits more like those of the Woodpecker.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 by Various

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