graminivorous

[ gram-uh-niv-er-uh s ]

/ ˌgræm əˈnɪv ər əs /

feeding or subsisting on grass: a graminivorous bird.

Origin of graminivorous

1730–40; < Latin grāmin- (stem of grāmen) grass + -i- + -vorous

When exercise is denied to graminivorous and omnivorous animals this is tantamount to a deficient supply of oxygen.

The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 - Science |Various
The interior, which is bright, and tastefully arranged, is crowded with the graminivorous of both sexes.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892 |Various
Again, horned quadrupeds are all herbivorous (or graminivorous), and have hoofs to their feet.

Extinct Monsters |H. N. Hutchinson
Thus was a graminivorous animal nurtured by a carnivorous and predaceous one!

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 |Gilbert White

The digestive apparatus of graminivorous animals is less simple, and their food contains very little nitrogen.

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graminivorous

/ (ˌɡræmɪˈnɪvərəs) /

(of animals) feeding on grass

C18: from Latin grāmen grass + -vorous