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herbivore

noun
/ˈhɜːbɪvɔː(ɹ)/UK/ˈ(h)ɜːɹbɪvɔːɹ/US

Etymology

From French herbivore, from Latin herbivorus. By surface analysis, herb (“herbage”) + -i- + -vore.

  1. derived from herbivorus
  2. borrowed from herbivore

Definitions

  1. An organism that feeds chiefly on plants

    An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.

    • It is unlikely that any member of the hominin clade was either an obligate herbivore or an obligate carnivore

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA