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graminivore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gramini-vore
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

graminivores (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

graminivorous graminivory herbivore carnivore folivore frugivore insectivore omnivore

Questions

What does graminivore mean?
An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.
Where does graminivore come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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