herbivore
a herbivorous animal.
Origin of herbivore
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How to use herbivore in a sentence
In fact, she reasoned, it was likely that early humans used tools for both purposes—the strict dichotomy between herbivores and carnivores in our past was never clean-cut.
The gene helps plants neutralize and safely store certain toxic molecules they use to deter herbivores.
A plant gene may have helped whiteflies become a major pest | Jonathan Lambert | March 25, 2021 | Science NewsAnteosaurus probably had leaner limbs than related herbivores so it seems that this animal could have been capable of running bursts, he says.
An ancient hippo-sized reptile may have been surprisingly agile | Carolyn Wilke | March 15, 2021 | Science NewsWith vast deserts stretching north and south of the equator, Kent says, there would have been few plants available for the herbivores to survive the journey north for much of that time period.
Climate change helped some dinosaurs migrate to Greenland | Anushree Dave | February 24, 2021 | Science NewsWith no tasty reward to offer, and no ants to protect the cotton from hungry herbivores, these plants suffered the most damage compared with native plants that didn’t have the transgene.
Modified genes can distort wild cotton’s interactions with insects | Emiliano Rodríguez Mega | February 16, 2021 | Science News
Are young Americans ready to move off the competitive playing field and onto the herbivore pastureland?
Are Millennials Turning Their Backs on the American Dream? | Joel Kotkin | November 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA garbage can is an herbivore grazing on stalks of ringworm.
The Land of Look Behind | Paul Cameron BrownIn this way the great enemies of the individual herbivore are not the carnivores, but the other herbivores.
Charles Darwin | Grant AllenThere are a few species of rodent-like animals—they're scavengers—and a herbivore we called the woods goat.
Space Prison | Tom Godwin
British Dictionary definitions for herbivore
/ (ˈhɜːbɪˌvɔː) /
an animal that feeds on grass and other plants
informal a liberal, idealistic, or nonmaterialistic person
Origin of herbivore
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Scientific definitions for herbivore
[ hûr′bə-vôr′, ûr′- ]
An animal that feeds mainly or only on plants. In a food chain, herbivores are primary consumers. Compare carnivore detritivore.
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Cultural definitions for herbivore
[ (hur-buh-vawr, ur-buh-vawr) ]
A living thing that eats only plants. Cattle, sheep, and horses are herbivores.
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