Grazer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡɹeɪz.ə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Grazer is a noun meaning One who or that which grazes, in any sense.
Meaning
One who or that which grazes, in any sense.
More Meanings
- An animal that grazes.
- A television viewer with a short attention span who switches between channels regularly.
Example Sentences
Grazers have a lower level of involvement and view only when "something is happening."
There were large hippolike grazers (Teleoceras, Brachypotherium, and Peraceras superciliosum)[…]
For instance, the little bush moa fed nearly exclusively on forest vegetation, whereas the heavy-footed moa was a grazer in open vegetation habitats.
It seems likely that parents are free to respond in these different ways because they have no fear of their child growing into a chronic, adult knee-grazer.
Word Forms
- grazers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include granter, griller, gleaner, grindster, shepherd, grinder.
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