folivore

fo·li·vore

[foh-luh-vawr, -vohr]
noun
any chiefly leaf-eating animal or other organism, as the koala of Australia that subsists on eucalyptus.

Origin:
1970–75; foli(um) + -vore

fo·liv·o·rous [foh-liv-er-uhs] , adjective
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