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Etymology

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leaf +‎ eater

Noun

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leafeater (plural leafeaters)

  1. Any organism that consumes leaves.
    • 1984, Edward O. Wilson, Biophilia, page 8:
      Eliminate just one kind of tree out of hundreds in such a forest, and some of its pollinators, leafeaters, and woodborers will disappear with it, then various of their parasites and key predators []