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vermivorous, a.|vəˈmɪvərəs|
[f. mod.L. vermivor-us worm-eating + -ous. Cf. F. vermivore, Sp. and Pg. vermivoro.]
Feeding on worms, grubs, or insect vermin; said esp. of certain birds.
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Vermivorous, are such Animals, as Feed upon Worms. 1828–32Webster s.v., Vermivorous birds are very useful to the farmer. 1861H. Macmillan Footnotes fr. Page Nat. 172 Guano, the product of those vermivorous shore-birds which inhabit the desolate islands of the South Seas. 1870Gillmore tr. Figuier's Rept. & Birds 344 They [sc. the Pressirostres] are mostly vermivorous; some, however, are granivorous or herbivorous.
Hence verˈmivorousness, ‘a worm-devouring nature’ (Bailey, 1730). |