folivore

[foh-luh-vawr, -vohr]

noun

1. any chiefly leaf-eating animal or other organism, as the koala of Australia that subsists on eucalyptus.

Other Word Forms

• folivorous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of folivore¹

First recorded in 1970–75; foli(um) + -vore

Example Sentences

By analyzing the shearing crests on the molar, they determined the species was at least a part-time folivore, or leaf-eater.

From New York Times

Was it an arch-predator, scavenger, nut-cracker, folivore, frugivore, or some combination of these things?

From Scientific American