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herbivore

[ hur-buh-vawr, -vohr ]

noun

  1. a herbivorous animal.


herbivore

/ ˈ³óɜ˲úɪˌ±¹É”Ë /

noun

  1. an animal that feeds on grass and other plants
  2. informal.
    a liberal, idealistic, or nonmaterialistic person
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herbivore

/ ³óû°ù′²úÉ™-±¹Ã´°ù′,û°ù′- /

  1. An animal that feeds mainly or only on plants. In a food chain, herbivores are primary consumers.
  2. Compare carnivore

herbivore

  1. A living thing that eats only plants. Cattle, sheep, and horses are herbivores.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of herbivore1

1850–55; < New Latin herbivorus; herb, -i-, -vore
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of herbivore1

C19: from New Latin herbivora grass-eaters
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The dinosaurs included carnivorous megalosaurs - ancestors of Tyrannosaurus rex - and long necked herbivores that were up to three times bigger in size than an elephant.

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Meanwhile, the Stegosaurus is seen an iconic herbivore, whose armored plates and spiked tail helped it to defend itself against predators and adapt to a challenging environment.

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The palaeontologists hypothesise that charcoal was ingested to detoxify stomach contents, as ferns can be toxic to herbivores.

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In the late Jurassic, the climate grew warmer and more humid, and vegetation expanded, providing more food for dinosaur herbivores such as sauropods, the iconic long-necked behemoths, who left behind dung full of plant remains.

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The animal belongs to a herd of hefty herbivores who spend their days lumbering through an open landscape of conifers and gingkos, horsetails and monkey puzzle trees.

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