Meanings of fruit-eating animal in English

This comes from some defenceless fruit-eating animal, which is pounced upon by a tiger-cat or stealthy boa-constrictor.

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.

This is great news for fruit-eating animals that would otherwise struggle to find food for much of the year.