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graminivorous

[gram-uh-niv-er-uhs]

adjective

feeding or subsisting on grass: a graminivorous bird.

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

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graminivorous (ˌɡræmɪˈnɪvərəs)

—*adj*
	(of animals) feeding on grass

[C18: from Latin grāmen grass + -vorous]

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