Dictionary

folivore en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfəʊlɪvɔː(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Latin folium (“a leaf”) + -vore, Latin vorō (“to devour”).

Meanings

1. A herbivore that eats mostly foliage.
   • The Koala of Australia with its elongated cecum, and many species of primates, sloths, and the pandas are noteworthy folivores. 2007, George A. Feldhamer et al., Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology, →ISBN:

Forms

Translations (20)

es folívoro (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · ast filófago (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · fa برگخواری (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · gl folívoro (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · hi पर्णाहारी (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · mt folivoru (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · ast folívoro (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · is laufæta (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · es filófago (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · fr folivore (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · pt folívoro (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · fi lehtiensyöjä (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · it folivoro (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · gl filófago (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · pl liściożerca (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · ca folívor (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · fr phyllophage (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · fi folivori (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · cmn 食葉動物 /食叶动物 (herbivore that eats mostly foliage) · tr yaprakçıl (herbivore that eats mostly foliage)