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Webster 1913 Edition
Herbivora
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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
- (archaic) An informal grouping of the plant-eating mammals.
- (obsolete) A former taxonomic name for a grouping of mammals that included non-marsupial flesh-eaters.