herbivore

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈhɜːbɪvɔː(ɹ)/ (UK)
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/ˈhɜːbɪvɔː(ɹ)/ (UK) · /ˈ(h)ɜːɹbɪvɔːɹ/ (US)

Definition of herbivore

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.
    “It is unlikely that any member of the hominin clade was either an obligate herbivore or an obligate carnivore”

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Etymology

From French herbivore, from Latin herbivorus. By surface analysis, herb (“herbage”) + -i- + -vore.

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