herbivorous

Adapted borrowing of New Latin herbivorus +‎ -ous, from Latin herba (“grass”) and -vorus, from vorō (“I devour”).^[1]

• (US) IPA^(key): /(h)ɜːɹˈbɪvəɹəs/

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• Rhymes: -ɪvəɹəs

herbivorous (comparative more herbivorous, superlative most herbivorous)

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

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

• herbivore

• omnivorous