Herbivorous Definition

hûr-bĭvər-əs, ûr-
adjective
Feeding on plants, often, specif., on grass or leaves.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Herbivorous

  • From New Latin herbivorus Latin herba vegetation Latin -vorus -vorous

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin herba, grass, and -vore.

    From Wiktionary

Herbivorous Sentence Examples

  • In habits the animal was cursorial and herbivorous, or possibly carnivorous.

  • The " leathery turtle," which is herbivorous, and yields abundance of oil, has been caught at sea off the Illawarra coast so large as 9 ft.

  • But the larvae of the Ecaudata are mainly herbivorous and the digestive tract is accordingly extremely elongate and coiled up like the spring of a watch.

  • This proved that the great herbivorous dinosaur had been preyed upon by its smaller carnivorous contemporary.

  • The three-spot damselfish is a territorial herbivorous species common to Caribbean reefs.

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