frugivorous

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22
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11

Definition of frugivorous

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
    “Although the vampire bat is known for feeding on blood, most species of bat eat insects, and many are frugivorous.”
    “All four primary objectives (development of diagnostic DNA tools for maggot identification; selection of natural enemies for biological control of tephritid pests; taxonomic work on tephritid flies; and discerning patterns of utilization wild host plants by frugivorous tephritid pests) were accomplished.”

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Etymology

From Latin frūx (“fruit”) + -vorous.

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