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HERBIVORE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plantsplay

Example:

the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("herbivore" is a kind of...):

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

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 Context examples: 

Spruce twigs are an important winter food for snowshoe hares; when the hares can get at them, these herbivores may nibble every branch in sight.

(Race across the tundra: White spruce vs. snowshoe hare, National Science Foundation)




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