herbivore
Americannoun
noun
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an animal that feeds on grass and other plants
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informal a liberal, idealistic, or nonmaterialistic person
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An animal that feeds mainly or only on plants. In a food chain, herbivores are primary consumers.
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Compare carnivore detritivore
Etymology
Origin of herbivore
Example Sentences
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These fossils come from the Morrison Formation* in the United States and were used to reconstruct a detailed food web, showing how plants, herbivores, and carnivores were linked through feeding relationships.
From Science Daily
They often compensate villagers when carnivores kill their livestock or herbivores eat their crops.
It is thought the dinosaurs were prosauropods - herbivores with long necks, small heads and sharp claws.
From BBC
Mr Moat said "nothing is working as it should" in the landscape, which has lost beavers and bison, herds of wild boar and big herbivores.
From BBC
These herbivores occupy shallow coastal habitats across a wide range that includes western Africa, the Indo-Pacific, and northern Australia.
From Science Daily
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