herbivore
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her·bi·vore
(hûr'bə-vôr', -vōr', ûr'-) 
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An animal that feeds chiefly on plants.
n.
An animal that feeds chiefly on plants.
[From New Latin Herbivora, former mammalian group, from neuter pl. of herbivorus, plant-eating. See herbivorous.]
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herbivore
Animal adapted to subsist solely on plant tissues. Herbivores range from insects (e.g., aphids) to large mammals (e.g., elephants), but the term is most often applied to ungulates. Adaptations for a herbivorous diet include the four-chambered stomach of ruminants, the ever-growing incisor teeth of rodents, and the specialized grinding molars of cattle, sheep, and goats. Certain herbivores eat only one type of food (e.g., the koala), but most have at least moderate variety in their diet.
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herbivore
Any animal which eats only plant material. See food chain, trophic level.
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(hur-buh-vawr, ur-buh-vawr)
A living thing that eats only plants. Cattle, sheep, and horses are herbivores.
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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herbivore
One of the Herbivora; animals that subsist in their natural state entirely by eating plants and plant products. In confined management systems foods of animal origin may be included in their diets, e.g. meat meal, fish meal.
- non-ruminant h. — monogastric animals, such as horses and rabbits, able to digest roughages and other fibrous feeds in their hindgut.
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categories related to 'herbivore'
- Environment, Ecology, and Animal Behavior - herbivore: plant-eating organism, consumer of producers
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Herbivore
Dansk (Danish)
n. - planteæder
Nederlands (Dutch)
herbivoor, planteneter
Français (French)
n. - herbivore
Deutsch (German)
n. - Herbivore, Pflanzenfresser
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φυτοφάγο ζώο
Português (Portuguese)
n. - herbívoro (m) (Zool.)
Español (Spanish)
n. - herbívoro
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - herbivor, växtätare
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
草食动物
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 草食動物
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) العاشب حيوان مقتات بالاعشاب
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אוכל עשב, אוכל צמחים
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