graminivorous

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  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.

词形变化

more graminivorous comparative most graminivorous superlative

词源

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