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Webster 1913 Edition


Frugivorous

Fru-giv′o-rous

,
Adj.
[L.
frux
,
frugis
, fruit +
vorare
to devour.: cf. F.
frugivore
.]
Feeding on fruit, as birds and other animals.
Pennant.

Webster 1828 Edition


Frugivorous

FRUGIV'OROUS

,
Adj.
[L. fruges, corn and voro, to eat.]
Feeding on fruits, seeds or corn, as birds and other animals.

Definition 2024


frugivorous

frugivorous

English

Adjective

frugivorous (comparative more frugivorous, superlative most frugivorous)

  1. Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
    Although the vampire bat is known for feeding on blood, most species of bat eat insects, and many are frugivorous.

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