Dictionary

frugivorous en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin frūx (“fruit”) + -vorous.

Meanings

1. Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
   • Although the vampire bat is known for feeding on blood, most species of bat eat insects, and many are frugivorous.
   • All four primary objectives (development of diagnostic DNA tools for maggot identification; selection of natural enemies for biological control of tephritid pests; taxonomic work on tephritid flies; and discerning patterns of utilization wild host plants by frugivorous tephritid pests) were accomplished. (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING U.S. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2023:

Forms

Deriveds

nonfrugivorous · frugivorousness

Relateds

frugivore

Translations (15)

fi hedelmiä syövä (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit) · cy ffrwythysol (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit) · es frugívoro (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit) · ru плодоя́дный (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit) · ang wæstmǣte (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit) · uk плодої́дний (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit) · hi फलाहारी (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit) · pl owocożerny (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit) · be пладае́дны (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit) · it frugivoro (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit) · ka ნაყოფიჭამია (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit) · fr frugivore (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit) · el καρποφάγος (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit) · ka ხილიჭამია (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit) · pt frugívoro (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit)