graminivorousadj.
/ɡramɪˈnɪvərəs/ Eating or feeding on grass.
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grazing1590
pasturing1606
granivorous1646
grass-eating1646
graminivorous1739
grass-feeding1741
1739 S. Sharp Treat. Operations Surg. xxix. 168 The gramenivorous kind [of Brutes].
1746 R. James in Moffett & Bennet's Health's Improvem. (new ed.) Introd. 43 Graminivorous Animals.
1785 J. Douglas Diss. Antiq. Earth 7 An animal that is both grameniverous and carniverous.
1840 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) II. App. C. 422 The graminivorous [animals] become so numerous as to eat up all the young trees.
1873 E. Smith Foods 102 Rook~pie..has a fulness and lusciousness of flavour which excels any dish of graminivorous birds.
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