Rex Trulove
It can be fun to learn new words, especially if you enjoy trivia. For example, suppose that I asked what one trait that linked a cow, goose, horse, hippopotamus, grasshopper, and bison together? Yes, they are all animals, but how many of you would say that they are all graminivores? In fact, all of these creatures and many more are graminivorous and that is the correct answer.
Okay, so what is a graminivore? It is any animal that eats primarily grass or grass seeds. All of the animals previously mentioned are grass-eaters, therefore, they are all graminivores.
Graminivorous is a real word, too. It comes from Latin. The Latin word “graminis” means “grass” and the Latin word “vorare” means “to eat”. Thus, a graminivore is a creature that eats grass and graminivorous is a word that describes their diet.
As a little bit more trivia, grass is high in cellulose and low in nutrients. Cellulose isn’t digested by the animal and in most cases, they have bacteria in their stomachs that do the actual breakdown of the grass so the nutrients can be extracted. For this reason, graminivores must eat a very large amount of grass, relative to their body size, in order to survive.
At any rate, now you know what graminivorous means. Unlike many other words, this one even has a use that most people can easily understand. It would also be a great word to use in a trivia quiz, should someone decide to use it.
I am gonna be checking in more, I like learning new words, from others 🙂
This is one that you could actually use, too. If someone asked you what a cow ate, you could tell them that cows are graminivorous. lol
Thank you very much.
An interesting lesson from zoology.Thank you.
I’m glad if it is helpful in some way. It is good when we can increase our vocabulary.
Thank you Rex. I love to learn new words and this is a new one for me.
I’m glad that you liked it, especially if you find it useful.
It’s always good to learn new things. I always learn something from your posts, thanks Rex.
Thank you, Brenda! That is very sweet of you.
..love this post of yours Rex..make it a series please 🙂
Thank you! I’ll see what I can do about doing that.
…you can do it..and i have seen you did your second post…good job and well done.. I’ll keep posted for this series of yours..good luck 🙂
I’ll do my best. I have plenty of words to choose from, but I want to keep it interesting, too.
…yeah it’s good thing that Virilyans will be learning new vocabularies each day…so I suggest everyone should follow your series..Good luck 🙂
Thanks for the lesson, it is important to continue to learn every day!
I agree and in this age where everyone is on one diet or another, this word seems somehow appropriate.