vegetivorousadj.

Brit.

/ˌvɛdʒᵻˈtɪv(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/ˌvɛdʒəˈtɪv(ə)rəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: vegetable n., vegetation n., -ivorous comb. form.

Etymology: Irregularly < veget- (in vegetable n. or vegetation n.) + -ivorous comb. form. Compare vegetizing adj., and also earlier vegetity n., vegetist n.

Now rare.

Chiefly of animals: feeding on vegetables or plants; herbivorous.

ΘΚΠ

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

1822 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (2002) IV. 4880 The vegetivorous Insects (as the Caterpillars) take a Larva for instance weighing 36 grains.

1857 Jrnl. Australasia & Monthly Mag. Mar. 108 Small birds are..friends to the gardener; they prey upon his natural enemies, the vegetivorous insects.

1881 Nature 3 Mar. 406/1 Vegetivorous snails (Lymnaeus) eating young newts.

1901 Granite Monthly May 286/2 The roots and bulbs of aquatic plants are greedily taken by geese and vegetivorous ducks.

1973 D. Collins Background Archaeol. i. 3 Such tools would have been of little value while the vegetivorous adaptation lasted.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	vegetivorous
释义	vegetivorousadj. Brit. /ˌvɛdʒᵻˈtɪv(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌvɛdʒəˈtɪv(ə)rəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: vegetable n., vegetation n., -ivorous comb. form. Etymology: Irregularly < veget- (in vegetable n. or vegetation n.) + -ivorous comb. form. Compare vegetizing adj., and also earlier vegetity n., vegetist n. Now rare. Chiefly of animals: feeding on vegetables or plants; herbivorous. ΘΚΠ 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 1822 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (2002) IV. 4880 The vegetivorous Insects (as the Caterpillars) take a Larva for instance weighing 36 grains. 1857 Jrnl. Australasia & Monthly Mag. Mar. 108 Small birds are..friends to the gardener; they prey upon his natural enemies, the vegetivorous insects. 1881 Nature 3 Mar. 406/1 Vegetivorous snails (Lymnaeus) eating young newts. 1901 Granite Monthly May 286/2 The roots and bulbs of aquatic plants are greedily taken by geese and vegetivorous ducks. 1973 D. Collins Background Archaeol. i. 3 Such tools would have been of little value while the vegetivorous adaptation lasted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1822
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