Granivorous

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Feeding on grain and seeds.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. grain and seed eating.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds: as, granivorous birds.
  • Word Usage
    "The abundance of granivorous rodents and the occurrence of marsupial genera (e.g., species of Planigale and Sminthhopsis) that dominate dry habitats of modern Australia suggest that if rainforest was present, it was confined to refugia within the region."