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bananivorous

bananivorous adjective: feeding on bananas; banana-eating.

Adjective

bananivorous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Feeding on bananas; banana-eating.
    • It is said that one fifth of the human race are bananivorous.1929, Thomas Philip Terry, Terry's Guide to Cuba: Including the Isle of Pines, Houghton Mifflin, page 67

Origin of bananivorous

From banana + -vorous.

Questions about bananivorous

What does bananivorous mean?
Bananivorous means feeding on bananas; banana-eating.
What part of speech is bananivorous?
Bananivorous is an adjective.

Words near bananivorous in the dictionary

  1. bananas Foster
  2. bananatini
  3. bananatinis
  4. bananeries
  5. bananery
  6. bananivorous
  7. bananner
  8. bananners
  9. bananoid
  10. banans
  11. Banao

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