phytivorous
English
editEtymology
editFrom phyto- + Latin vorare (“to eat greedily”).
Adjective
editphytivorous (not comparable)
- Feeding on plants; herbivorous.
- 1921, The American Naturalist:
- it is seen that even the carnivorous Tethys may be phytivorous
References
edit- “phytivorous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.