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frugivorous

[ froo-jiv-er-uhs ]

adjective

  1. fruit-eating, as certain bats.


frugivorous

/ fruːˈdʒɪvərəs /

adjective

  1. feeding on fruit; fruit-eating
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of frugivorous1

First recorded in 1705–15; from Latin frūgi-, combining form of frūx “fruit, crops, produce” + combining form -vorus “devouring”; frugal ( def ), -vorous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of frugivorous1

C18: from frugi- (as in frugal ) + -vorous
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Example Sentences

Burgos and her collaborators concluded that the lynx has kept these frugivorous carnivores on the move and is likely affecting how they disperse pear seeds.

Their diet is essentially a frugivorous one; yet they will occasionally indulge in a lizard or two, or any other reptile.

In many frugivorous animals, the canine teeth are more pointed and distinct than those of man.

The ourang-outang is the most anthropomorphous of the ape tribe, all of which are strictly frugivorous.

Man poisons himself with mushrooms, frugivorous animals never.

Cuvier places them after the Bats, but they seem properly to link the Lemurs and the frugivorous Bats.

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