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herbivorous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /(h)ɜːɹˈbɪvəɹəs/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of New Latin herbivorus + -ous, from Latin herba (“grass”) and -vorus, from vorō (“to devour”).

Meanings

1. Feeding chiefly on plants.
   • One example of "an herbivorous fungus" is included among the terrestrial animal experiments 2002, Ronald H. Karlson, Dynamics of Coral Communities, page 96:

Forms

Deriveds

antiherbivorous · herbivorously · megaherbivorous · nonherbivorous · herbivorousness · macroherbivorous

Relateds

omnivorous · herbivore

Translations (47)

kk шөпқоректі (feeding only on plants) · ro erbivor (feeding only on plants) · km ដែលស៊ីតិណជាតិជាអាហារ (feeding only on plants) · tr otobur (feeding only on plants) · hu növényevő (feeding only on plants) · hy խոտակեր (feeding only on plants) · ug ئوتخور (feeding only on plants) · bg тревопасен (feeding only on plants) · eo herbovora (feeding only on plants) · ar عَاشِب (feeding only on plants) · fr herbivore (feeding only on plants) · gd feur-itheach (feeding only on plants) · es herbívoro (feeding only on plants) · cmn 食草的 (feeding only on plants) · cs býložravý (feeding only on plants) · sk bylinožravý (feeding only on plants) · ja 草食の (feeding only on plants) · uk травої́дний (feeding only on plants) · ko 초식의 (feeding only on plants) · la herbivorus (feeding only on plants) · gl herbívoro (feeding only on plants) · hi शाकाहारी (feeding only on plants) · ms maun (feeding only on plants) · nb planteetende (feeding only on plants) · ca herbívor (feeding only on plants) · cy llysysol (feeding only on plants) · gd lus-itheach (feeding only on plants) · de pflanzenfressend (feeding only on plants) · hy բուսակեր (feeding only on plants) · nn grasæt (feeding only on plants) · fi kasvinsyöjä- (feeding only on plants) · grc βοτανηφάγος (feeding only on plants) · nl plantenetend (feeding only on plants) · izh kasvonsööjä (feeding only on plants) · pl roślinożerny (feeding only on plants) · grc χλοηφάγος (feeding only on plants) · cmn 植食性的 (feeding only on plants) · ast herbívoru (feeding only on plants) · hu herbivor (feeding only on plants) · ka ბალახისმჭამელი (feeding only on plants) · ang wyrtǣte (feeding only on plants) · ru травоя́дный (feeding only on plants) · tr otçul (feeding only on plants) · tl halmankainin (feeding only on plants) · el Τρέφεται μόνο με φυτά (feeding only on plants) · pt herbívoro (feeding only on plants) · io herbivora (feeding only on plants)