单词 | herbivorous |
释义 | herbivorousadj. Herb-eating; applied to those animals that feed naturally on herbage or the leaves of plants. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > herbivorous herbivorous1661 phytivorous1668 phytophagous1797 poephagous1868 phytophagan1890 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating vegetables herbivorous1661 vegetable-eating1703 vegetable-feeding1803 vegetivorous1822 vegetarian1850 plantivorous1890 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. A5v Birds, which are..herbivorous, eating grasse or plants. 1794 Hunter in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 409 If the bones were those of carnivorous animals and herbivorous. 1844 W. B. Carpenter Animal Physiol. i. 33 The large herbivorous quadrupeds, such as the ox. 1860 G. Hartwig tr. Sea & its Living Wonders xiii. 240 The sea-snails are either predaceous or herbivorous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1661 |
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