Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Frog-eating; subsisting habitually or chiefly upon frogs: as, the marsh-hawk is ranivorous.
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Examples
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(_Urva cancrivora_, Hodgson), which Mr. Hodgson describes as dwelling in burrows, and being carnivorous and ranivorous?
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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(_Urva cancrivora_, Hodgson), which Mr. Hodgson describes as dwelling in burrows, and being carnivorous and ranivorous?
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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