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herbivore

[hur-buh-vawr, -vohr] / ˈhɜr bəˌvɔr, -ˌvoʊr /
ADJECTIVE
one who only consumes plants
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
phytophagous
Antonyms


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Guillermo Deferrari, of Ushuaia's scientific research center, downplayed the landfill theory, explaining that the colilargo is herbivore and lives off seeds and fruit found in forested ecosystems, not in dumps, where the common rat feeds.

From Barron's May 12, 2026

Students must do a training stint in each of four main categories — carnivore, herbivore, bird and primate — so they may wind up working with animals they find unpleasant.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 11, 2025

The medium-sized herbivore once roamed the floodplains of what is now the island's south-west coast.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2025

The newest — described on Thursday by a team of researchers in the journal PeerJ — is Lokiceratops rangiformis, a five-ton herbivore with spectacular, curving brow horns and huge, bladed spikes on its meter-long frill.

From New York Times Jun. 20, 2024

We can bite like a car-nivore, or chew like an herbivore, depending on the dish.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

They’re the base of the aquatic food chain, fed on by herbivores of all shapes and sizes, including shrimp and juvenile fish, which in turn feed organisms higher up the food chain.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

It is thought the dinosaurs were prosauropods - herbivores with long necks, small heads and sharp claws.

From BBC Dec. 16, 2025

These herbivores occupy shallow coastal habitats across a wide range that includes western Africa, the Indo-Pacific, and northern Australia.

From Science Daily Dec. 12, 2025

My wife, an amateur mycologist, had been invited along with some friends to present their findings on the microscopic fungi that grow on the dung of herbivores like deer and rabbits.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 16, 2025

Plants take in C14 through photosynthesis, herbivores take it in from the plants, and carnivores take it in from them.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann



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