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Graminivorous

//ɡɹæmɪˈnɪvəɹəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 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 bands, and every charge of powder thrown away was a chance the less, in case of a fight."

Etymology

From Latin graminivorus, from gramen (“grass”) + -vorus.

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