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Herbivore

Her′bi-vore

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

herbivore

.]

(Zool.)

One of the Herbivora.

P. H. Gosse.

Definition 2025

herbivore

herbivore

English

Noun

herbivore ‎(plural herbivores)

An organism that feeds chiefly on plants.
- 2011, Bernard Wood, Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution:
  It is unlikely that any member of the hominin clade was either an obligate herbivore or an obligate carnivore

Synonyms

phytophage
vegetarian, vegan (of people)

Related terms

Herbivora

Derived terms

Translations

plant-eating organism

Armenian: խոտակեր (hy) ‎(xotaker)
Catalan: herbívor m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 食草動物 (zh), 食草动物 (zh) ‎(shícǎo dòngwù)
Czech: býložravec (cs) m
Danish: planteæder (da) c
Dutch: herbivoor (nl) m, planteneter (nl) m
Esperanto: herbovorulo
Finnish: kasvinsyöjä (fi)
French: herbivore (fr) m
Georgian: ბალახიჭამია ‎(balaxič̣amia), ბალახისმჭამელი ცხოველები ‎(balaxismč̣ameli cxovelebi)
German: Pflanzenfresser (de) m
Greek: φυτοφάγος (el) m ‎(fytofágos)
Hungarian: növényevő (hu)
Indonesian: herbivor (id)
Italian: erbivoro (it) m
Japanese: 草食動物 ‎(そうしょくどうぶつ, sōshoku dōbutsu)
Khmer: តិណាសី (km) ‎(teh na sei)
Lithuanian: (grass-eater) žolėdis m, (plant-eater) augalėdis m

Macedonian: тревојадец m ‎(trevojádec), тревопасно животно n ‎(trevopásno žívotno)
Malay: binatang maun, haiwan maun, haiwan herbivor, herbivor
Norwegian:

Bokmål: planteeter (no) m

Nynorsk: planteetar m
Persian: گیاهخوار (fa) ‎(giyahkhar)
Polish: roślinożerca (pl) m
Portuguese: herbívoro (pt) m
Romanian: erbivor (ro) n
Russian: травоядное живо́тное n ‎(travojadnoje živótnoje)
Scottish Gaelic: lus-itheadair m
Serbo-Croatian: biljojed (sh) m, biljožder (sh) m, biljožder (sh), biljojedac
Slovene: rastlinojedec (sl) m, rastlinojed m
Spanish: herbívoro (es) m
Swahili: mla-mimea
Swedish: växtätare (sv) c
Tagalog: halmankain

See also

French

Etymology

herbe +‎ -vore

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛʁ.bi.vɔʁ/
Homophone: herbivores
Hyphenation: her‧bi‧vore

Adjective

herbivore m, f ‎(plural herbivores)

herbivorous

Noun

herbivore m ‎(plural herbivores)

herbivore