单词 | granivorous |
释义 | granivorousadj. That feeds on grain. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > herbivorous > that graze grazing1590 pasturing1606 granivorous1646 grass-eating1646 graminivorous1739 grass-feeding1741 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xiv. 368 Some kinde of granivorous bird. View more context for this quotation 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. vi. iii. 362 Granivorous Quadrupeds. 1774 Hunter in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 64 311 In granivorous birds..one single organ answers both to the teeth and stomach of granivorous quadrupeds. 1844 W. B. Carpenter Animal Physiol. iv. 163 This crop is of enormous size in some of the granivorous (grain-eating) birds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1646 |
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