herbivorous

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But if in urging that 'all ruminants are herbivorous' no more is meant than that so many other ruminants of different species are known to be herbivorous, and that the ruminant stomach is so well adapted to a coarse vegetable diet, that the same habit may be expected in other ruminants, such as camels, the argument then rests upon material evidence without unfairly implying the case in question.

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  1. adjective Feeding on plants; plant-eating.

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  • The word herbivorous," Johnny finished severely, "means simply that it is a plant eater. —  083 - The Other World
  • An odd jaw structure allows for their 6 inch fangs to be hidden within their mouths, and as their 2 to 3 inch claws can be retracted, just like cats, on the outside they appear just like their herbivorous cousin. —  Everything2 New Writeups
  • Players that begin as a herbivorous cell but proceeded to kill everything in sight will be on the path to becoming a carnivore by the tribal stage. —  The Michigan Daily
  • Migrating and Wintering: Canada geese are herbivorous, feeding on grasses, sedges, waste grain, and berries.
  • Nigersaurus taqueti, and described as a "cow of the Mesozoic" and "fern mower," due to its herbivorous nature, Sereno and his team discovered the fossils in the Sahara desert in Niger. just opened a center that will study everything from "painting of the 18th Century ... to the history of hip hop music."
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moa-nalo · erlikosaurus · enigmosaurus · camarasaurus · sinobaatar · sinornithomimus · dugong · scutosaurus · triceratops · notothere · palaeotherium

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  1. From New Latin herbivorus : Latin herba, vegetation + Latin -vorus, -vorous.

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  1. = French herbivore = Spanish herbívoro = Portuguese herbivoro = Italian erbivoro, from New Latin herbivorus, from Latin herba, grass, herb, + vorare, eat.
 

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