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Granivorous

Granivorous

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.


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