herbivorous
US/(h)ɜːɹˈbɪvəɹəs/
herbivorous adjective: feeding chiefly on plants.
Adjective
herbivorous (comparative more herbivorous, superlative most herbivorous)
- Feeding chiefly on plants.
- One example of "an herbivorous fungus" is included among the terrestrial animal experiments2002, Ronald H. Karlson, Dynamics of Coral Communities, page 96
herbivorous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Tagalog
herbivorous in Hindi
- feeding only on plants
- शाकाहारी śākāhārī
herbivorous in Tamil
- தாவர உணவு உண்ணி, செடிகொடியுண்ணி
herbivorous in Urdu
- سبزی خور
herbivorous in Tagalog
- feeding only on plants
- halmankainin
More languagesFewer languages
- herbivorous in Arabic
- عَاشِب ʕāšib
- herbivorous in Malay
- maun
Forms of herbivorous
| comparative | more herbivorous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most herbivorous |
Origin of herbivorous
Adapted borrowing of New Latin herbivorus + -ous, from Latin herba (“grass”) and -vorus, from vorō (“to devour”).
Words formed from herbivorous
Words that rhyme with herbivorous
- omnivorous
- carnivorous
- insectivorous
- algivorous
- amphivorous
- aphidivorous
- aurivorous
- baccivorous
- canivorous
- detritivorous
- equivorous
- fructivorous
26 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- frugivorous
- fucivorous
- fungivorous
- graminivorous
- granivorous
- hominivorous
- larvivorous
- lichenivorous
- lignivorous
- nectarivorous
- oryzivorous
- ovivorous
- phytivorous
- piscivorous
- planktivorous
- plantivorous
- plurivorous
- pollinivorous
- ranivorous
- sanguinivorous
- sanguivorous
- seminivorous
- uncarnivorous
- vegetivorous
- vermivorous
- zooplanktivorous
Questions about herbivorous
- What does herbivorous mean?
- Herbivorous means feeding chiefly on plants.
- What is herbivorous in Hindi?
- Herbivorous in Hindi is शाकाहारी (śākāhārī). See Herbivorous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is herbivorous?
- Herbivorous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce herbivorous?
- Herbivorous is pronounced /(h)ɜːɹˈbɪvəɹəs/ (US).
Words near herbivorous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: herbivorous (page history and authors); herbivorous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); herbivorous (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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