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  • noun Plural form of frugivore.

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Examples

  • Captive paces, like many other "frugivores," seem to develop a protein deficiency and will eagerly eat meat scraps on occasion.

    15 Agouti 1991

  • Diet: Gibbons are the pickiest of all primates, and while they are omnivorous, they are mainly frugivores, meaning they eat fruit.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Gbuzitis 2010

  • Gibbons are the pickiest of all primates, and while they are omnivorous, they are mainly frugivores, meaning they eat fruit.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Gbuzitis 2010

  • Pacu fish, cousins to the piranha and known as "frugivores," have human-like teeth that can crack nuts and fruits.

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2009

  • These huge birds are "frugivores," that is, they mainly eat fruit in their diet.

    KUSA-TV - 2009

  • These huge birds are "frugivores," that is, they mainly eat fruit in their diet.

    KUSA-TV - 2009

  • These huge birds are "frugivores," that is, they mainly eat fruit in their diet.

    KUSA-TV - 2009

  • These huge birds are "frugivores," that is, they mainly eat fruit in their diet.

    KUSA-TV - 2009

  • These huge birds are "frugivores," that is, they mainly eat fruit in their diet.

    KUSA-TV - 2009

  • The most important components of this community are the cacti - they dominate the landscape and provide critical food resources for nectarivores and frugivores.

    Aruba-Curaçao-Bonaire cactus scrub 2008

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