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Meanings of
herbivorous
in English
Portuguese
herbívoro
Catalan
herbívor
Back to the meaning
Feeding only on plants.
carnivorous
omnivorous
insectivorous
Related terms
saprophytic
fruit-eating
phytophagic
phytophagous
plant-eating
phytophilous
saprophagous
saprozoic
anthophagous
anthophilous
Portuguese
herbívoro
Usage of
herbivorous
in English
1
The only flesh they eat is that of
herbivorous
animals and birds.
2
The odors of blood, meat, and fat are repugnant to
herbivorous
animals.
3
Nothing is more remarkable than the result of habits in the
herbivorous
mammals.
4
The world had far more medium-sized
herbivorous
mammals than I'd imagined.
5
They were evidently
herbivorous
and some of them of gigantic size.
6
First I looked up medium-sized
herbivorous
mammals and their skeletal structures.
7
A herd of something
herbivorous
had passed by the gorge during the night.
8
Hence result special energies, which do not suit every
herbivorous
animal.
9
For example, it is due to causation that ruminants are
herbivorous
.
10
The restorative process is sooner completed in the carnivorous than in the
herbivorous
tribes.
11
Others apparently resembled in form and habit the
herbivorous
and carnivorous mammals of to-day.
12
Plants produce a broad variety of defensive metabolites to protect themselves against
herbivorous
insects.
13
Perhaps Islam is analogous to a carnivorous gene complex, Buddhism to a
herbivorous
one.
14
The domestic animals have
herbivorous
teeth formed to cut grass, which is their fodder.
15
Grasses became abundant, furnishing a new food for
herbivorous
animals.
16
They include carnivorous,
herbivorous
,
and insectivorous families, and their head-quarters appear to be Australia.
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herbivorous
Adjective
Frequent collocations
herbivorous animals
herbivorous insects
herbivorous diet
herbivorous alpine
herbivorous fish
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Translations for
herbivorous
Portuguese
herbívoro
Catalan
herbívor
Herbivorous
through the time
Herbivorous
across language varieties
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