graminivorousadj.

/ɡramɪˈnɪvərəs/

Forms: Also 1700s gramen-.

Etymology: < modern Latin grāminivorus ( < Latin grāmin-, grāmen grass + -(i)vorus devouring) + -ous suffix.

Eating or feeding on grass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > herbivorous > that graze

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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	graminivorous
释义	graminivorousadj. /ɡramɪˈnɪvərəs/ Forms: Also 1700s gramen-. Etymology: < modern Latin grāminivorus ( < Latin grāmin-, grāmen grass + -(i)vorus devouring) + -ous suffix. Eating or feeding on grass. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > herbivorous > that graze 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1739
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