herbivore

From French herbivore. Equivalent to herb (herbage) +‎ -vore.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜːbɪvɔː(ɹ)/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ɜːɹbɪvɔːɹ/

herbivore (plural herbivores)

1. An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.
   • 2011, Bernard Wood, Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution:

     It is unlikely that any member of the hominin clade was either an obligate herbivore or an obligate carnivore

• phytophage
• vegetarian, vegan (of people)

• Herbivora

• carnivore
• folivore
• frugivore
• hemovore
• insectivore
• omnivore

herbe +‎ -vore

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɛʁ.bi.vɔʁ/

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• Homophone: herbivores
• Hyphenation: her‧bi‧vore

herbivore (plural herbivores)

1. herbivorous

herbivore m (plural herbivores)

1. herbivore

• “herbivore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.