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phytivorous, a. Now rare or Obs.|faɪˈtɪvərəs, fɪt-|
[irreg. f. Gr. ϕυτόν plant + -vorous.]
Feeding on plants or vegetable substances.
1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. v. §4. 144 Birds may be distinguished by..their food..into..Carnivorous; feeding chiefly on Flesh. Phytivorous; feeding on Vegetables. 1693Phil. Trans XVII. 851 All which last are Herbivorous or Phytivorous Animals. 1798Ibid. LXXXVIII. 46, I have not found the uric oxide in the urinary concretions of any phytivorous animal. 1833Mantell Geol. S.E. Eng. 394 The teeth and jaws of two other phytivorous saurians. |