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graminivorous, a.|græmɪˈnɪvərəs|
Also 8 gramen-.
[f. mod.L. grāminivor-us (f. L. grāmin-, grāmen grass + -(i)vorus devouring) + -ous.]
Eating or feeding on grass.
1739S. Sharp Surgery xxix. 168 The gramenivorous kind [of Brutes]. 1746R. James Introd. Mouffet's Health's Improv. 43 Graminivorous Animals. 1785J. Douglas Antiq. Earth 7 An animal that is both grameniverous and carniverous. 1840Arnold in Stanley Life (1844) II. App. C. 422 The graminivorous [animals] become so numerous as to eat up all the young trees. 1873E. Smith Foods 102 Rook⁓pie..has a fulness and lusciousness of flavour which excels any dish of graminivorous birds. |