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herbivore

[ hur-buh-vawr, -vohr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

herbivore

/ ˈhɜːbɪˌvɔː /

herbivore

/ hûr′bə-vôr′,ûr′- /

An animal that feeds mainly or only on plants. In a food chain, herbivores are primary consumers.
Compare carnivore

herbivore

1850–55; < New Latin herbivorus; herb, -i-, -vore

C19: from New Latin herbivora grass-eaters

Are young Americans ready to move off the competitive playing field and onto the herbivore pastureland?

A garbage can is an herbivore grazing on stalks of ringworm.

In this way the great enemies of the individual herbivore are not the carnivores, but the other herbivores.

There are a few species of rodent-like animals—they're scavengers—and a herbivore we called the woods goat.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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