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graminivorous

/ɡɹæmɪˈnɪvəɹəs/

graminivorous adjective: that eats grasses and seeds.

graminivorous: that eats grasses and seeds
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Adjective

graminivorous (comparative more graminivorous, superlative most graminivorous)

  1. That eats grasses and seeds.
    • We passed a large jaguar, glaring fiercely at a calf ten feet from him; […] Had we powder to waste, we would certainly have rid the graminivorous from many of their carnivorous neighbours, but we were now entering a tract of country celebrated for the depredations of the Texians and Buggles free...1843, [Frederick] Marryat, chapter XII, in Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet, in California, Sonora, & Western Texas. […], volume II, London: Longman, Brown, Green, &...
    • "Bitzer," said Thomas Gradgrind. "Your definition of a horse." / "Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth; namely, twenty-four grinders, four eye-teeth, and twelve incisive. Sheds coat in the spring; in marshy countries, sheds hoofs, too. Hoofs hard, but requiring to be shod with iron. Age known by...1854, Charles Dickens, chapter II, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC

graminivorous meaning in Bengali and Vietnamese

graminivorous in Bengali

ঘাস ভক্ষণকারী

graminivorous in Vietnamese

that eats grasses and seeds
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Forms of graminivorous

comparativemore graminivorous
superlativemost graminivorous

Origin of graminivorous

From oblique stem of Latin grāmen, grāminis (“grass, turf, herb, plant”) + -i- + -vorous.

Words that rhyme with graminivorous

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Questions about graminivorous

What does graminivorous mean?
Graminivorous means that eats grasses and seeds.
What is graminivorous in Bengali?
Graminivorous in Bengali is ঘাস ভক্ষণকারী. See Graminivorous meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is graminivorous?
Graminivorous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce graminivorous?
Graminivorous is pronounced /ɡɹæmɪˈnɪvəɹəs/.

Words near graminivorous in the dictionary

  1. graminiferous
  2. graminifolious
  3. graminiform
  4. graminivore
  5. graminivores
  6. graminivorous
  7. graminivory
  8. graminoid
  9. graminoids
  10. graminologist
  11. graminologists

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