herbivore
pronunciation
How to pronounce herbivore in British English:
UK [ˈhɜːbɪvɔː(r)]
How to pronounce herbivore in American English:
US [ˈɜːrbɪvɔːr]
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- Noun:
- any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
Word Origin
- herbivore (n.)
- 1851, from Modern Latin herbivora (1830) or French herbivore (1748), from Latin herbivorus, from herba "a herb" + vorare "devour, swallow" (see voracity).
Example
- 1. No , herbivore , late cretaceous .
- 2. Large herbivore ecology , ecosystem dynamics and conservation .
- 3. This shy african herbivore ( right ) kept the world guessing until 1901 , when it was identified as a new genus of giraffe : okapia johnstoni .
- 4. I only eat vegetables ( scientists call me a herbivore ) -- almost always leaves from the tops of trees .
- 5. For example , we know that the teeth of thetyrannosaurus rexare long , slender , and knife-like , similar to those of the komodo dragon ( a carnivore ) , while those of thediplodocusare more flat and stumpy , like those of the cow ( an herbivore ) .