phytivorous
phytivorous adjective: feeding on plants; herbivorous.
Adjective
phytivorous (not comparable)
- Feeding on plants; herbivorous.
- it is seen that even the carnivorous Tethys may be phytivorous1921, The American Naturalist
Origin of phytivorous
From phyto- + Latin vorare (“to eat greedily”).
Words that rhyme with phytivorous
- omnivorous
- carnivorous
- insectivorous
- algivorous
- amphivorous
- aphidivorous
- aurivorous
- baccivorous
- canivorous
- detritivorous
- equivorous
- fructivorous
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- frugivorous
- fucivorous
- fungivorous
- graminivorous
- granivorous
- herbivorous
- hominivorous
- larvivorous
- lichenivorous
- lignivorous
- nectarivorous
- oryzivorous
- ovivorous
- piscivorous
- planktivorous
- plantivorous
- plurivorous
- pollinivorous
- ranivorous
- sanguinivorous
- sanguivorous
- seminivorous
- uncarnivorous
- vegetivorous
- vermivorous
- zooplanktivorous
Questions about phytivorous
- What does phytivorous mean?
- Phytivorous means feeding on plants; herbivorous.
- What part of speech is phytivorous?
- Phytivorous is an adjective.
Words near phytivorous in the dictionary
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