Example Sentences

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They’re the base of the aquatic food chain, fed on by herbivores of all shapes and sizes, including shrimp and juvenile fish, which in turn feed organisms higher up the food chain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

It is thought the dinosaurs were prosauropods - herbivores with long necks, small heads and sharp claws.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

My wife, an amateur mycologist, had been invited along with some friends to present their findings on the microscopic fungi that grow on the dung of herbivores like deer and rabbits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

The herbivores chomp down invasive cheatgrass that poses wildfire risk, and their poop — maligned by many — actually spreads native seeds, they say.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Huge herds of reindeer and other large herbivores roamed the plains and valleys, preyed upon by the ferocious ancestors of today’s lions and tigers, as well as by our own ancestors.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson