Gra*niv"o*rous (?), a. [L. granum grain + vorare to devour: cf. F. granivore.]
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. -->
Gay.
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