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单词 granivorous
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granivorousadj.

/ɡrəˈnɪvərəs/
Etymology: < modern Latin grānivorus ( < Latin grāni-, grānum grain + vorāre to devour).
That feeds on grain.
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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.
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