grazer

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The hippopotamus-sized grazer is thought to be related to today's sea cows, manatees and their terrestrial relatives, the elephants.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2024

Taken together, the evidence indicated that D. xiezhi shared some morphological characteristics with modern giraffes and was likely a grazer, perhaps feeding on a mix of leafy plants and grasses.

From Scientific American • Jun. 2, 2022

Africa is home to two of the five surviving rhinoceros species: the larger white rhino, a grass grazer, and the smaller black rhino, which browses on trees and bushes.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2021

I try to play as many games as I can every year, which makes me a grazer who samples a lot but lingers with very few.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2014

As a result, they could use them for both a delicate task like milking a grazer and the rough business of tearing and shaping branches.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman