herbivore
nounUK /ˈhɜːbɪvɔː(ɹ)/ · US /ˈ(h)ɜːɹbɪvɔːɹ/
Etymology From French herbivore, from Latin herbivorus. By surface analysis, herb (“herbage”) + -i- + -vore.
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 carnivore2011, Bernard Wood, Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution:
- Synonyms
- phytophage, vegetarian, vegan
- Derived terms
- antiherbivore, herbivoral, herbivore man, herbivorous, herbivory, macroherbivore, megaherbivore, mesoherbivore, nonherbivore, omniherbivore
- Related terms
- Herbivora, carnivore, detritivore, folivore, frugivore, hemovore, insectivore, omnivore