Scavenging is both a carnivorous and herbivorous feeding behavior in which the scavenger feeds on dead and decaying organic matter present in its habitat.
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Herbivorous
//(h)ɜːɹˈbɪvəɹəs//
Synonyms for "herbivorous" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
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Antonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
47 translations across 41 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- βοτανηφάγος adj (feeding only on plants)
- χλοηφάγος adj (feeding only on plants)
Arabic
1 entries- عَاشِب adj (feeding only on plants)
Armenian
2 entries- բուսակեր adj (feeding only on plants)
- խոտակեր adj (feeding only on plants)
Asturian
1 entries- herbívoru adj (feeding only on plants)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тревопасен adj (feeding only on plants)
Catalan
1 entries- herbívor adj (feeding only on plants)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 植食性的 adj (feeding only on plants)
- 食草的 adj (feeding only on plants)
Czech
1 entries- býložravý adj (feeding only on plants)
Dutch
1 entries- plantenetend adj (feeding only on plants)
Esperanto
1 entries- herbovora adj (feeding only on plants)
Finnish
1 entries- kasvinsyöjä adj (feeding only on plants)
French
1 entries- herbivore adj (feeding only on plants)
Galician
1 entries- herbívoro adj (feeding only on plants)
Georgian
1 entries- ბალახისმჭამელი adj (feeding only on plants)
German
1 entries- pflanzenfressend adj (feeding only on plants)
Greek
1 entries- Τρέφεται μόνο με φυτά adj (feeding only on plants)
Hindi
1 entries- शाकाहारी adj (feeding only on plants)
Hungarian
2 entries- herbivor adj (feeding only on plants)
- növényevő adj (feeding only on plants)
Ido
1 entries- herbivora adj (feeding only on plants)
Ingrian
1 entries- kasvonsööjä adj (feeding only on plants)
Japanese
1 entries- 草食の adj (feeding only on plants)
Kazakh
1 entries- шөпқоректі adj (feeding only on plants)
Khmer
1 entries- ដែលស៊ីតិណជាតិជាអាហារ adj (feeding only on plants)
Korean
1 entries- 초식의 adj (feeding only on plants)
Latin
1 entries- herbivorus adj (feeding only on plants)
Malay
1 entries- maun adj (feeding only on plants)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- planteetende adj (feeding only on plants)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- grasæt adj (feeding only on plants)
Old English
1 entries- wyrtǣte adj (feeding only on plants)
Polish
1 entries- roślinożerny adj (feeding only on plants)
Portuguese
1 entries- herbívoro adj (feeding only on plants)
Romanian
1 entries- erbivor adj (feeding only on plants)
Russian
1 entries- травоя́дный adj (feeding only on plants)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- feur-itheach adj (feeding only on plants)
- lus-itheach adj (feeding only on plants)
Slovak
1 entries- bylinožravý adj (feeding only on plants)
Spanish
1 entries- herbívoro adj (feeding only on plants)
Tagalog
1 entries- halmankainin adj (feeding only on plants)
Turkish
2 entries- otobur adj (feeding only on plants)
- otçul adj (feeding only on plants)
Ukrainian
1 entries- травої́дний adj (feeding only on plants)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئوتخور adj (feeding only on plants)
Welsh
1 entries- llysysol adj (feeding only on plants)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
"Gigantism is an evolutionary survival strategy, especially for herbivorous animals, because size is a form of defense against predators," Apaldetti said.
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Manatees, also known as sea cows, are large, aquatic and mostly herbivorous marine mammals.
Source: tatoeba (8740265)
The hippopotamus is a semiaquatic, mostly herbivorous mammal.
Source: tatoeba (9012997)
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