seminivorousadj.
/sɛmɪˈnɪvərəs/ rare.
Eating or feeding on seeds.
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seminivorous1688
nucivorous1835
pinivorous1869
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 310/1 Semenivorous Birds, such as feed upon Seeds, as the Linnet, Jacknicco, and..Finches.
1823 G. S. Faber Treat. Christian Dispensations I. ii. 59 The whole race of graminivorous and seminivorous and fructivorous animals.
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adj.1688- to lay an ambush
- to lay an egg
- to lay an eyeball on
- to lay an information
- to lay any one on his back
- to lay apart
- to lay aside
- to lay aside the tomahawk
- to lay asunning
- to lay at
- to lay at anchor
- to lay at or to door
- to lay at or to his door
- to lay athwart the hawse
- to lay away
- to lay back
- to lay bare
- to lay battery to
- to lay battery, blockade to
- to lay by
- to lay by the heels
- to lay by the walls
- to lay by the wind
- to lay cast in a person's nose
- to lay claim to