herbivore
/ˈhɜːbɪvɔː(ɹ)//ˈ(h)ɜːɹbɪvɔːɹ/
herbivore noun: an organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.
Noun
herbivore (plural herbivores)
- An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.
- It is unlikely that any member of the hominin clade was either an obligate herbivore or an obligate carnivore2011, Bernard Wood, Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution
- Synonyms:
- phytophage, vegetarian, vegan
herbivore meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam
herbivore in Hindi
- plant-eating organism
- शाकाहारी śākāhārī
herbivore in Marathi
- herbivore
- शाकाहारी śākāhārī
herbivore in Urdu
- سبزی خور
herbivore in Malayalam
- plant-eating organism
- സസ്യഭുക്ക് sasyabhukkŭ
More languagesFewer languages
- herbivore in Kannada
- ಸಸ್ಯಾಹಾರಿ sasyāhāri
- herbivore in Tagalog
- halmankain, erbiboro
- herbivore in Arabic
- حَيَوَان عَاشِب ḥayawān ʕāšib
- herbivore in Malay
- binatang maun, haiwan maun, haiwan herbivor, herbivor
- herbivore in Indonesian
- herbivor
- herbivore in Persian
- گیاهخوار giyâhxvâr
- herbivore in Thai
- สัตว์กินพืช sàt-gin-pʉ̂ʉt
- herbivore in Vietnamese
- động vật ăn cỏ, động vật ăn thực vật
Examples of herbivore in a sentence
- The Tenerife giant lizard, Gallotia goliath, was a one-metre-long herbivore, with powerful jaws.
- Moa-nalos did not occur on Hawaii, which was occupied by another herbivore, the Giant Hawaiian Goose.
- Fish are represented at several trophic levels in aquatic systems, from detritivore and herbivore to carnivore.
Synonyms of herbivore
Forms of herbivore
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Origin of herbivore
From French herbivore, from Latin herbivorus. By surface analysis, herb (“herbage”) + -i- + -vore.
Words formed from herbivore
Phrases with herbivore
Questions about herbivore
- What does herbivore mean?
- Herbivore means an organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.
- What is herbivore in Hindi?
- Herbivore in Hindi is शाकाहारी (śākāhārī). See Herbivore meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is herbivore?
- Herbivore is a noun.
- How do you pronounce herbivore?
- Herbivore is pronounced /ˈhɜːbɪvɔː(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of herbivore?
- The plural of herbivore is herbivores.
Words near herbivore in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: herbivore (page history and authors); शाकाहारी (Marathi) (page history and authors); herbivore (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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