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Meanings of frugivorous in English

Eating mostly fruit.

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Examples for "fruit-eating"
Examples for "fruit-eating"
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His fruit-eating has little reference to the state of his appetite.
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers
2
Who cares about fruit-eating pigeons, and birds called Rails, they said.
Outposts: journeys to the surviving relics of the british empire
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I care not that it has been borne before by some long-dead fruit-eating monkey.
For Honor We Stand
4
For now the cherries were fast ripening, and the fruit-eating birds, especially the thrushes and
Birds in Town & Village
5
The case is different, however, with the fruit-eating birds.
Life: Its True Genesis
Usage of frugivorous in English
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There is sometimes some misconception as regards the distinction between a frugivorous and herbivorous diet.
No Animal Food; and Nutrition and Diet; with Vegetable Recipes
2
Philippics against frugivorous children after dinner, are too common.
Famous Reviews, Selected and Edited with Introductory Notes by R...
3
Again, the frugivorous orang-outang is said to be more than a match for the African lion.
No Animal Food; and Nutrition and Diet; with Vegetable Recipes
4
Pythagoras, Tolstoy, Wagner, Shelley, and Shaw all attempted to return humankind to a vegetarian, frugivorous existence.
Drawing Down the Moon
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The discussion raged for some time on the question whether man was a carnivorous or frugivorous animal.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
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This bat is found all over India; it is frugivorous exclusively, though some of this sub-order are insectivorous.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
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Next comes the little frugivorous rat of russet brown, with a glint of gold on its fur tips.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
8
In frugivorous birds the gut is strikingly short, wide and simple, whilst a similar change has not taken place in frugivorous mammals.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
9
Among bats, Sturnira lilium, is a frugivorous species widely distributed and abundant in Brazil that uses an extensive variety of habitats and shelters.
Pubmed
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I eat a frugivorous diet which is mostly grown here organically with a goal of 100 per cent free food in the coming years.
News.com.au
11
The most reasonable conclusion is that man is naturally a frugivorous or fruit-eating animal, like his cousins the monkeys, whom he still so much resembles.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882
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Invitations have been sent to the Order of Frugivorous Brothers, the Infants' Anti-Tobacco League,-
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 / A Magaz...
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There is sometimes some misconception as regards the distinction between a frugivorous and herbivorous diet.
No Animal Food; and Nutrition and Diet; with Vegetable Recipes
14
Philippics against frugivorous children after dinner, are too common.
Famous Reviews, Selected and Edited with Introductory Notes by R...
15
Again, the frugivorous orang-outang is said to be more than a match for the African lion.
No Animal Food; and Nutrition and Diet; with Vegetable Recipes
16
Pythagoras, Tolstoy, Wagner, Shelley, and Shaw all attempted to return humankind to a vegetarian, frugivorous existence.
Drawing Down the Moon
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