herbivorous

English

Etymology

From New Latin herbivorus, from Latin herba (“grass”) and -vorus, from vorō (“I eat”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /(h)ɜːɹˈbɪvəɹəs/

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• Rhymes: -ɪvəɹəs

Adjective

herbivorous (comparative more herbivorous, superlative most herbivorous)

1. Feeding chiefly on plants.
   • 2002, Ronald H. Karlson, Dynamics of Coral Communities‎, page 96:

     One example of "an herbivorous fungus" is included among the terrestrial animal experiments

Derived terms

• antiherbivorous
• herbivorously
• herbivorousness
• macroherbivorous
• megaherbivorous
• nonherbivorous

Related terms

• herbivore

Translations

feeding only on plants

Arabic: عَاشِب (ʕāšib) Armenian: խոտակեր (hy) (xotaker), բուսակեր (hy) (busaker) Asturian: herbívoru (ast) Bulgarian: тревопасен (trevopasen) Catalan: herbívor Chinese: Mandarin: 食草的 (shícǎo de) Czech: býložravý (cs) m Dutch: plantenetend (nl) Esperanto: herbovora Finnish: kasvinsyöjä- French: herbivore (fr) Galician: herbívoro (gl) Georgian: ბალახისმჭამელი (balaxismč̣ameli) German: pflanzenfressend (de) Greek:Τρέφεται μόνο με φυτά Ancient: χλοηφάγος (khloēphágos), βοτανηφάγος (botanēphágos) Hindi: शाकाहारी (hi) m (śākāhārī) Hungarian: növényevő (hu), herbivor Ido: herbivora (io) Ingrian: kasvonsööjä Japanese: 草食の (そうしょくの, sōshoku no) Kazakh: шөпқоректі (şöpqorektı) Khmer: ដែលស៊ីតិណជាតិជាអាហារ (daelsiitənciəteciəʼaahaa) Korean: 초식의 (ko) (chosig-ui) Latin: herbivorus Malay: maun Norwegian: Bokmål: planteetende Nynorsk: grasæt Old English: wyrtǣte Polish: roślinożerny (pl) Portuguese: herbívoro (pt) Romanian: erbivor (ro) Russian: травоя́дный (ru) (travojádnyj) Scottish Gaelic: lus-itheach, feur-itheach Slovak: bylinožravý (sk) Spanish: herbívoro (es) Tagalog: halmankainin Turkish: otçul (tr), otobur (tr) Ukrainian: травої́дний (travojídnyj) Uyghur: ئوتخور (otxor) Welsh: llysysol

See also

• omnivorous