herbivore

Definition

An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.

Etymology

From French herbivore, from Latin herbivorus. By surface analysis, herb (“herbage”) + -i- + -vore.

Example Sentences

• "It is unlikely that any member of the hominin clade was either an obligate herbivore or an obligate carnivore"

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