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单词 fructivorous
释义

fructivorousadj.

/frʌkˈtɪvərəs/
Etymology: as if < Latin *frūctivorus ( < frūctus fruit + -vorus devouring) + -ous suffix.
Eating or feeding on fruit.
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fructivorous1688
carpophagous1839
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 310/1 Fructivorous Birds such as feed upon Fruit.
1845 Zoologist 3 912 Fructivorous animals will sometimes feed on flesh.
1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxxi. 261 Being already both fructivorous and insectivorous, the species [sc. the baboon] may be at the early beginning of becoming carnivorous also.
1970 Watsonia 8 67 Red berries for fructivorous birds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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