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Webster 1913 Edition

Herbivorous

Her-biv′o-rous

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Adj.
(Zool.)
Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.

Webster 1828 Edition

Herbivorous

HERBIV'OROUS

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Adj.
[L. herba and voro, to eat.] Eating herbs; subsisting on herbaceous plants; feeding on vegetables. The ox and the horse are herbivorous animals.

Definition 2025

herbivorous

herbivorous

English

Adjective

herbivorous ‎(comparative more herbivorous, superlative most herbivorous)

  1. Feeding chiefly on plants.
    • 2002, Ronald H. Karlson, Dynamics of Coral Communities, page 96:
      One example of "an herbivorous fungus" is included among the terrestrial animal experiments

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Etymology

From New Latin herbivorus, from Latin herba ‎(“grass”) and -vorus, from voro ‎(“to eat”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /hɜːɹˈbɪvəɹəs/

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