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Definition of Granivorous
1. a. Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as, granivorous birds.
Definition of Granivorous
1. Adjective. grain and seed eating. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Granivorous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Granivorous
1. Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as, granivorous birds. Seed-eating. Not same as graminivorous? = feeding on grass or the seeds of grass. Latter is for beasts. Origin: L. Granum grain + vorare to devour: cf. F. Granivore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Granivorous
Literary usage of Granivorous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1863)
"Summer resident, common ; granivorous. It subsists on various grass and other
... Summer resident, very rare ; granivorous ; habits similar to those of the ..."
2. Graded Speller: Book I : Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Years by Christian Brothers (1914)
"... grandeur, grandiose. granum, a grain: grain, grainy,- granary, granite,
granivorous, granulate, granule. (J) Mors (Mortis), death. Root used: mort. 1. ..."
3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1774)
"In granivorous birds therefore one (ingle organ ... both to the teeth and fto-
of granivorous quadrupeds, ..."
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