Modifies a noun

• dinosaur: Many of the large herbivorous dinosaurs are thought to have had gizzards too.

• reptile: What fresh foods are suitable for my herbivorous reptile / tortoise?

• mammal: They are the only herbivorous, truly marine mammal.

• insect: In contrast, a herbivorous insect may require the presence of very specific plant species on which to feed.

• animal: Any fool may abstain from eating this or that; surely that gives him no more distinction than to herbivorous animals.

• specie: However, a number of herbivorous invertebrate species have been linked to it.

Modifying Another Word

• mainly: Food Water voles are mainly herbivorous, eating almost any available vegetation.

• mostly: Includes mostly herbivorous and omnivorous species such as mullets.