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From French herbivore. Equivalent to herb (herbage) +‎ -vore.

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːbɪvɔː(ɹ)/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)ɜːɹbɪvɔːɹ/
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herbivore (plural herbivores)

  1. An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.
    • 2011, Bernard Wood, Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution[1]:
      It is unlikely that any member of the hominin clade was either an obligate herbivore or an obligate carnivore

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From herbe +‎ -vore.

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herbivore (plural herbivores)

  1. herbivorous

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herbivore m (plural herbivores)

  1. herbivore

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