herbivorous
pronunciation
How to pronounce herbivorous in British English:
UK [hɜːˈbɪvərəs]
How to pronounce herbivorous in American English:
US [ɜːrˈbɪvərəs]
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- Adjective:
- feeding only on plants
Word Origin
- herbivorous (adj.)
- "plant-eating," 1660s, from Modern Latin herbivorus, from Latin herba "a herb" + vorare "devour, swallow" (see voracity).
Example
- 1. Specifically , the scientists measured levels of a fungus that is known to thrive in the excrement of giant herbivorous mammals and nowhere else .
- 2. The cretaceous equivalent of zebra and antelopes-the victim species in every wildlife documentary about the dramas of the african savannah-were herbivorous dinosaurs called ornithopods .
- 3. It was the main food for herbivorous dinosaurs .
- 4. Progress in the oviposition behavioral ecology of herbivorous insects .
- 5. Stimulation and enhancement of feeding in herbivorous fish .