frugivorous

English

Etymology

From Latin frūx (“fruit”) +‎ -vorous.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪvəɹəs

Adjective

frugivorous (comparative more frugivorous, superlative most frugivorous)

1. Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.

   Although the vampire bat is known for feeding on blood, most species of bat eat insects, and many are frugivorous.

   • (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING U.S. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS‎:

     All four primary objectives (development of diagnostic DNA tools for maggot identification; selection of natural enemies for biological control of tephritid pests; taxonomic work on tephritid flies; and discerning patterns of utilization wild host plants by frugivorous tephritid pests) were accomplished.

Derived terms

• nonfrugivorous

Related terms

• frugivore

Translations

having a diet that consists mostly of fruit

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: hedelmiä syövä French: frugivore (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can Greek: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can Old English: wæstmǣte Polish: owocożerny (pl) Portuguese: frugívoro (pt) Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: плодоя́дный (ru) (plodojádnyj) Spanish: frugívoro (es) Welsh: ffrwythysol (cy)