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HERBIVOROUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Feeding only on plants
Classified under:
Similar:
anthophagous; anthophilous (feeding on flowers)
baccivorous (feeding on berries)
carpophagous; fruit-eating (feeding on fruit)
grass-eating (feeding on grasses)
phytophagic; phytophagous; phytophilous; plant-eating ((of animals) feeding on plants)
saprophagous; saprozoic ((of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter)
saprophytic ((of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter)
Antonym:
carnivorous ((used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals)
insectivorous ((of animals and plants) feeding on insects)
omnivorous (feeding on both plants and animals)
