herbivorous

English

Etymology

From New Latin herbivorus, from Latin herba (“grass”) and -vorus, from vorō (“I eat”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /hɜːɹˈbɪvəɹəs/

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Adjective

herbivorous (comparative more herbivorous, superlative most herbivorous)

1. Feeding chiefly on plants.
   • 2002, Ronald H. Karlson, Dynamics of Coral Communities, page 96:

     One example of "an herbivorous fungus" is included among the terrestrial animal experiments

Derived terms

• herbivorously
• herbivorousness
• megaherbivorous
• nonherbivorous

 

Related terms

• herbivore

Translations

feeding only on plants

• Arabic: عَاشِب‎ (ʕāšib)
• Armenian: խոտակեր (hy) (xotaker), բուսակեր (hy) (busaker)
• Asturian: herbívoru (ast)
• Bulgarian: тревопасен (trevopasen)
• Catalan: herbívor
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 食草的 (shícǎo de)

• Czech: býložravý (cs) m
• Dutch: plantenetend (nl)
• Esperanto: herbovora
• Finnish: kasvinsyöjä-
• French: herbivore (fr)
• Galician: herbívoro (gl) m
• Georgian: ბალახისმჭამელი (balaxismč̣ameli)
• German: pflanzenfressend (de)
• Greek:Τρέφεται μόνο με φυτά

  Ancient: χλοηφάγος (khloēphágos), βοτανηφάγος (botanēphágos)

• Hungarian: növényevő (hu)
• Ido: herbivora (io)
• Japanese: 草食の (そうしょくの, sōshoku no)
• Kazakh: шөпқоректі (şöpqorektı)
• Khmer: ដែលស៊ីតិណជាតិជាអាហារ (daelsiitənciəteciəʼaahaa)
• Latin: herbivorus
• Malay: maun
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: planteetende

  Nynorsk: grasæt

• Old English: wyrtǣte
• Polish: roślinożerny (pl)
• Portuguese: herbívoro (pt)
• Romanian: erbivor (ro)
• Russian: травоя́дный (ru) (travojádnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: lus-itheach, feur-itheach
• Slovak: bylinožravý (sk)
• Spanish: herbívoro (es)
• Tagalog: halmankainin
• Turkish: otçul (tr), otobur (tr)
• Ukrainian: травої́дний (travojídnyj)
• Uyghur: ئوتخور‎ (otxor)
• Welsh: llysysol

See also

• omnivorous