herbivore
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Etymology[edit]
From New Latin herbivorus (“grass-eater”).
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Noun[edit]
herbivore (plural herbivores)
- An organism that feeds chiefly on plants.
- 2011, Bernard Wood, Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution:
- It is unlikely that any member of the hominin clade was either an obligate herbivore or an obligate carnivore
- 2011, Bernard Wood, Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution:
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Translations[edit]
plant-eating organism
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ɛʁ.bi.vɔʁ/, X-SAMPA: /ER.bi.vOR/
- Homophone: herbivores
- Hyphenation: her‧bi‧vore
Adjective[edit]
herbivore (masculine and feminine, plural herbivores)
Noun[edit]
herbivore m (plural herbivores)