释义 |
seminivorous, a. rare.|sɛmɪˈnɪvərəs| Also 7 semenivorous. [f. mod.L. *sēminivor-us (f. L. sēmin- semen + -(i)vorus devouring) + -ous.] Eating or feeding on seeds.
1688Holme Armoury ii. 310/1 Semenivorous Birds, such as feed upon Seeds, as the Linnet, Jacknicco, and..Finches. 1819G. S. Faber Dispens. (1823) I. 59 The whole race of graminivorous and seminivorous and fructivorous animals. |