herbivore
herbivore
Definition
her·bi·vore (hʉr′bə vôr′)
noun
a herbivorous animal
Etymology: Fr
herbivore
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- eat: Why, then, in the interval has God designed lions to eat herbivores like lambs?
- include: Abstract: Including large herbivores in wooded areas is often seen as a useful conservation tool.
- free-range: Research Interests My research focuses on understanding the impact of free-ranging herbivores on the habitats they graze.
- introduce: Furthermore, their habitat is constantly being degraded by non-native, introduced herbivores.
- call: Other animals eat only plants - they are called herbivores.
Adjective modifier
- mammalian: Initially focused on mammalian herbivores, we are now also working on the birds of the coastal marshes.
- wild: The critical factor in relation to habitat recovery or change will be the relative balance of domestic and wild herbivores.
- large: Over hunting, which caused the extinction of the larger herbivores, led also to the loss of open ground.
- small: Hay is absolutely vital to the health of small herbivores.
- other: Caution is advised in its use in other small herbivores.
- more: Greater productivity of algae means more herbivores can survive ( eg.
Modifies a noun
- exclosure: There are no controls at all for the small herbivore exclosures.
- feeding: There is also the added likelihood that any herbivore feeding on R ponticum would also contain toxins derived from the foliage.
- specie: There are a myriad of herbivore species in the forest and their interactions with plants are far-reaching and complex.
- dung: They can also sometimes be seen imbibing mineral salts from damp ground, from the edges of stagnant puddles, or from herbivore dung.
- attack: Water stress and herbivore attack both result in reduced growth and ongoing projects are examining the molecular basis of this response.
- population: Land management changes, such as CAP reform and culling, will result in changes in both domestic and wild herbivore populations.
Noun used with modifier
- insect: Adult insect herbivores are among the most attractive of all insects.
- grazing: The skull itself is rounded and self-contained -- superficially resembling a monkey's skull more than a grazing herbivore 's ( Figure 5 ).
- root: The most common insect root herbivore was Tipula paludosa and the application of insecticide reduced all insect larvae and reduced microbial biomass.
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