herbivorous

[ hur-biv-er-uh s, ur- ]

/ hɜrˈbɪv ər əs, ɜr- /

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adjective

feeding on plants.

Origin of herbivorous

1655–65; < New Latin herbivorus; see herb, -i-, -vorous

OTHER WORDS FROM herbivorous

her·bi·vor·i·ty

[hur-buh-vawr-i-tee, -vor-] /ˌhɜr bəˈvɔr ɪ ti, -ˈvɒr-/, noun her·biv·o·rous·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH herbivorous

carnivorous herbivorous omnivorous

Words nearby herbivorous

herbed, herbert, herbert's operation, herbicide, herbivore, herbivorous, herblock, herbology, herborist, herborize, herby

Example sentences from the Web for herbivorous

Examples are furnished by the compound stomachs of many rodents, ruminants, cetaceans and herbivorous edentates.

The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity |George. S. Huntington
It is carnivorous, herbivorous, and abstemious from water, requiring no other fluids than those obtained by eating roots.

Buffalo Land |W. E. Webb
Other enemies of the herbivorous fauna were the wolf and the brown bear.

Men of the Old Stone Age |Henry Fairfield Osborn
Hence carnivora in general have a larger liver than herbivorous animals.

The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity |George. S. Huntington

Much more probably it waded half submerged in pursuit of the herbivorous river saurians.

The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind |Herbert George Wells

British Dictionary definitions for herbivorous

herbivorous

/ (hɜːˈbɪvərəs) /

adjective

(of animals) feeding on grass and other plants

informal liberal, idealistic, or nonmaterialistic

Derived forms of herbivorous

herbivorously, adverb herbivorousness, noun

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adjective

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herbivorous

adjective

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