Herbivorous

//(h)ɜːɹˈbɪvəɹəs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Feeding chiefly on plants.

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    feeding only on plants wordnet

Synonyms

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phytophagousanthophagousbaccivorouscannibalcannibalisticcarnivorous

Example

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"Scavenging is both a carnivorous and herbivorous feeding behavior in which the scavenger feeds on dead and decaying organic matter present in its habitat."

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of New Latin herbivorus + -ous, from Latin herba (“grass”) and -vorus, from vorō (“I devour”).

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