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Granivorous [grə-NIV-ə-rəs]

Part of speech: adjective

Origin: Latin, 17th century

1. (Of an animal) Feeding on grain.

Examples of granivorous in a sentence

"Granivorous animals such as rabbits and birds are drawn to our garden to feed on the sunflowers and black-eyed susans."

"I love watching squirrels play, so I lured the granivorous animals to my yard with a variety of seeds and grain."