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Webster 1913 Edition


Graminivorous

Gram′i-niv′o-rous

,
Adj.
[L.
gramen
,
graminis
, grass +
vorare
to eat greedily.]
Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; – said of horses, cattle, and other animals.

Webster 1828 Edition


Graminivorous

GRAMINIV'OROUS

,
Adj.
[L. gramen, grass, and voro, to eat.]
Feeding or subsisting on grass. The ox and all the bovine genus of quadrupeds are graminivorous animals; so also the horse or equine genus.