Herbivore

//ˈ(h)ɜːɹbɪvɔːɹ//

Synonyms for "herbivore" (70 found)

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Closest matches (14)

phytophage vegetarian amphibian aquatic biped board-and-roomer boarder bon vivant brillat-savarin canine cannibal carnivore connoisseur of food consumer

Strong matches (21)

cosmopolite diner diner-out eater eater-out epicure feeder feline flesh eater flesh-eater fruitarian gastronome glutton gnawer gourmand gourmet grain-eater graminivore granivore high liver

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hungry mouth

Related words (35)

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8 relation types

More general

6 entries

animal animate being beast brute creature fauna

Synonyms

2 entries

phytophage vegetarian

Related terms

8 entries

Herbivora carnivore detritivore folivore frugivore hemovore insectivore omnivore

derived

10 entries

antiherbivore herbivoral herbivore man herbivorous herbivory macroherbivore megaherbivore mesoherbivore nonherbivore omniherbivore

derived from

1 entries

vore

etymologically related_to

1 entries

herb

is a

1 entries

animal

related to

13 entries

carnivore diet feeds folivore frugivore hemovore herbage herbivora insectivore omnivore organism plants vegetation

Translations

74 translations across 56 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

herbivoor noun (plant-eating organism)
planteter noun (plant-eating organism)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

βοτόν noun (plant-eating organism)

Arabic

1 entries

حَيَوَان عَاشِب noun (plant-eating organism)

Armenian

1 entries

խոտակեր noun (plant-eating organism)

Basque

1 entries

belarjale noun (plant-eating organism)

Breton

1 entries

geotdebrer noun (plant-eating organism)

Bulgarian

1 entries

тревопасно животно noun (plant-eating organism)

Catalan

1 entries

herbívor noun (plant-eating organism)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

植食性動物 /植食性动物 noun (plant-eating organism)
食草動物 /食草动物 noun (plant-eating organism)

Czech

1 entries

býložravec noun (plant-eating organism)

Danish

1 entries

planteæder noun (plant-eating organism)

Dutch

2 entries

herbivoor noun (plant-eating organism)
planteneter noun (plant-eating organism)

Esperanto

1 entries

herbovorulo noun (plant-eating organism)

Finnish

1 entries

kasvinsyöjä noun (plant-eating organism)

French

1 entries

herbivore noun (plant-eating organism)

Galician

1 entries

herbívoro noun (plant-eating organism)

Georgian

2 entries

ბალახისმჭამელი ცხოველები noun (plant-eating organism)
ბალახიჭამია noun (plant-eating organism)

German

1 entries

Pflanzenfresser noun (plant-eating organism)

Greek

1 entries

φυτοφάγος noun (plant-eating organism)

Hindi

1 entries

शाकाहारी noun (plant-eating organism)

Hungarian

1 entries

növényevő noun (plant-eating organism)

Ido

1 entries

herbivoro noun (plant-eating organism)

Indonesian

1 entries

herbivor noun (plant-eating organism)

Ingrian

1 entries

kasvonsööjä noun (plant-eating organism)

Italian

1 entries

erbivoro noun (plant-eating organism)

Japanese

1 entries

草食動物 noun (plant-eating organism)

Kannada

1 entries

ಸಸ್ಯಾಹಾರಿ noun (plant-eating organism)

Kazakh

1 entries

шөпқоректі жануар noun (plant-eating organism)

Khmer

1 entries

តិណាសី noun (plant-eating organism)

Korean

1 entries

초식동물 noun (plant-eating organism)

Lithuanian

2 entries

augalėdis noun (plant-eating organism)
žolėdis noun (plant-eating organism)

Macedonian

2 entries

тревопа́сно жи́вотно noun (plant-eating organism)
тревоја́дец noun (plant-eating organism)

Malay

4 entries

binatang maun noun (plant-eating organism)
haiwan herbivor noun (plant-eating organism)
haiwan maun noun (plant-eating organism)
herbivor noun (plant-eating organism)

Malayalam

1 entries

സസ്യഭുക്ക് noun (plant-eating organism)

Mongolian

1 entries

өвсөн тэжээлтэн noun (plant-eating organism)

Māori

1 entries

kaiota noun (plant-eating organism)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

giyaxwer noun (plant-eating organism)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

planteeter noun (plant-eating organism)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

planteetar noun (plant-eating organism)

Old English

1 entries

wyrtǣta noun (plant-eating organism)

Persian

1 entries

گیاهخوار noun (plant-eating organism)

Polish

1 entries

roślinożerca noun (plant-eating organism)

Portuguese

1 entries

herbívoro noun (plant-eating organism)

Romanian

1 entries

erbivor noun (plant-eating organism)

Russian

2 entries

травоя́дное живо́тное noun (plant-eating organism)
фитофа́г noun (plant-eating organism)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

lus-itheadair noun (plant-eating organism)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

biljojedac noun (plant-eating organism)
bȉljojēd noun (plant-eating organism)
bȉljožder noun (plant-eating organism)
би̏љождер noun (plant-eating organism)

Slovak

1 entries

bylinožravec noun (plant-eating organism)

Slovene

2 entries

rastlinojed noun (plant-eating organism)
rastlinojedec noun (plant-eating organism)

Spanish

1 entries

herbívoro noun (plant-eating organism)

Swahili

1 entries

mla-mimea noun (plant-eating organism)

Swedish

1 entries

växtätare noun (plant-eating organism)

Tagalog

2 entries

erbiboro noun (plant-eating organism)
halmankain noun (plant-eating organism)

Thai

1 entries

สัตว์กินพืช noun (plant-eating organism)

Vietnamese

2 entries

động vật ăn cỏ noun (plant-eating organism)
động vật ăn thực vật noun (plant-eating organism)

Welsh

2 entries

llysysor noun (plant-eating organism)
llysysydd noun (plant-eating organism)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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I would say that Yamada is more of an "herbivore".

Source: tatoeba (2660287)

A giraffe is a herbivore.

Source: tatoeba (8547061)

Giraffes are exclusively herbivore.

Source: tatoeba (8558875)

Ziri's tortoise is herbivore.

Source: tatoeba (10607609)

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