frugivorous

[ froo-jiv-er-uh s ]

/ fruˈdʒɪv ər əs /

fruit-eating, as certain bats.

Origin of frugivorous

1705–15; < Latin frūgi-, combining form of frūx fruit + -vorous

In the Frugivorous bats the molar teeth have nearly always smooth crowns.

The Vertebrate Skeleton |Sidney H. Reynolds
Cuvier places them after the Bats, but they seem properly to link the Lemurs and the frugivorous Bats.

Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon |Robert A. Sterndale
Their diet is essentially a frugivorous one; yet they will occasionally indulge in a lizard or two, or any other reptile.

The Desert World |Arthur Mangin
Indeed, no other canid that we know of has teeth so much adapted to a frugivorous diet as are those of C. fortidens.

A New Doglike Carnivore, Genus Cynarctus, From the Clarendonian, Pliocene, of Texas |E. Raymond Hall

There is sometimes some misconception as regards the distinction between a frugivorous and herbivorous diet.

No Animal Food |Rupert H. Wheldon

frugivorous

/ (fruːˈdʒɪvərəs) /

feeding on fruit; fruit-eating

C18: from frugi- (as in frugal) + -vorous