草そう食しょく性せい

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

herbivorous; graminivorous

Describes an animal that feeds on plants; used attributively with の. 'Graminivorous' is a more specific term for grass-eating, but 'herbivorous' is the common equivalent.

• 牛うしは草そう食しょく性せいの動どう物ぶつです。

  Cows are herbivorous animals.

• 草そう食しょく性せいの恐きょう竜りゅうは植しょく物ぶつだけを食たべていた。

  Herbivorous dinosaurs ate only plants.