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herbivory

Syllables: her·biv·o·ryUK/həˈbɪvəɹi//hɚˈbɪvəɹi/

herbivory noun: the consumption of living plant tissue by animals.

Noun

herbivory (uncountable)

  1. The consumption of living plant tissue by animals.
    • Herbivory is a paradoxical interspecific interaction. On the one hand, upward of a quarter of all species are herbivorous insects (Strong et al., 1984) and some additional fraction of the noninsect species is also herbivorous, so plant-herbivore interactions are common. On the other hand, the...1998, Sam Scheiner, Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 183

Synonyms of herbivory

Origin of herbivory

From herbivore + -y.

Words that rhyme with herbivory

Questions about herbivory

What does herbivory mean?
Herbivory means the consumption of living plant tissue by animals.
What part of speech is herbivory?
Herbivory is a noun.
How do you pronounce herbivory?
Herbivory is pronounced /həˈbɪvəɹi/ (UK).

Words near herbivory in the dictionary

  1. herbivorization
  2. herbivorized
  3. herbivorous
  4. herbivorously
  5. herbivorousness
  6. herbivory
  7. herbivourous
  8. herbland
  9. herblands
  10. herbless
  11. herblet

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