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单词 herbivorous
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herbivorousadj.

/həˈbɪvərəs/
Etymology: < modern Latin herbivorus herb-eating + -ous suffix.
Herb-eating; applied to those animals that feed naturally on herbage or the leaves of plants.
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phytophagous1797
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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.
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