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US
/ˈɝbɪˌvɔɹ, ˈhɝbɪˌvɔɹ/
]
[ UK /hˈɜːbɪvˌɔː/ ]
[ UK /hˈɜːbɪvˌɔː/ ]
NOUN
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any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
horses are herbivores
the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores
How To Use herbivore In A Sentence
- Also known as a ‘parrot lizard’ for its parrotlike beak, the herbivore was a strong, agile dinosaur that walked on its two hind legs.
- Some are herbivores, grazing on the filamentous algae covering coral reefs, and a few eat seagrasses and algae on reef flats.
- By contrast, the authors note the emergence of a specific type of younger man, commonly called otaku or herbivore. The Times Literary Supplement
- Microscopic coprophilous (dung-loving) fungi help make our planet habitable by degrading the billions of tons of faeces produced by herbivores. MicrobiologyBytes
- During this time, all the big herbivores and carnivores were great lumbering creatures; some of which may have been semi-aquatic, while others were fully terrestrial.
- Several distinctive ungulate herbivores are endemic to this hotspot, including the takin (Budorcas taxicolor, VU), an unusual 300-kilogram goat antelope, the red or Bailey's goral (Nemorhaedus baileyi, VU), which is endemic to the Gaoligong Shan, and the Chinese forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii). Biological diversity in the mountains of Southwest China
- At some point, Leaellynasaura, a Lower Cretaceous hypsilophodontid from Victoria, Australia, was described as a carnivore when it, like all hypsilophodontids, is actually an herbivore. Entry #1,909
- My favorite T-shirt, at the moment, is my worn Herbivore Cross T-shirt, which is so comfortable.
- Two species of lemmings are the only other herbivores that occur in significant numbers on the island.
- In this area, the monophagous, leaf-feeding, chrysomelid beetle Galerucella calmariensis is the main herbivore on L. salicaria.