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Webster 1913 Edition


Herbivora


Her-biv′o-ra

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. L.
herba
herb +
vorare
to devour.]
(Zool.)
An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.

Definition 2024


Herbivora

Herbivora

See also: herbívora

Translingual

Proper noun

Herbivora

  1. (archaic) An informal grouping of the plant-eating mammals.
  2. (obsolete) A former taxonomic name for a grouping of mammals that included non-marsupial flesh-eaters.