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herbivorous

adjective as in vegetarian

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Therizinosaurs were a group of either herbivorous or omnivorous theropod dinosaurs that lived in Asia and North America during the Cretaceous Period, which began 145 million years ago and ended 66 million years ago.

From BBC

The contents of coprolites from the first large herbivorous dinosaurs, the long-necked sauropods, surprised the researchers.

Known in Argentina as carpinchos, capybaras are gentle and herbivorous, but they are hard to miss.

From Salon

However, the island is also home to an abundance of mostly herbivorous mammals big enough to crush a snake, including deer, pigs, sheep, cows, goats, and humans.

University of Sydney researchers have shown it is possible to shield plants from the hungry maws of herbivorous mammals by fooling them with the smell of a variety they typically avoid.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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