Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Feeding upon the seeds or kernels of pine-cones, as do the crossbills. [Rare.]

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pinivorous.

Examples

  • It is a species of no economical importance and is too inaccessible for the profitable gathering of its large nuts, which are devoured in quantity by squirrels and by Clark's crow, a bird of the same genus with the pinivorous Nutcracker of Europe.

    The Genus Pinus George Russell Shaw 1892

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • (Obsolete) Feeding on pine kernels.

    July 30, 2008