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folivore /ˈfəʊlɪvɔː /noun ZoologyAn animal that feeds on leaves.In contrast, Q. robur exposed to 30% elevated vs ambient UV-B radiation in an outdoor array received more damage by unspecified insect folivores....- The relationship between Eucalyptus species and their marsupial folivores is a case in point.
- Variation in leaf quality exists at a scale relevant to the foraging choices of individual folivores.
Derivativesfolivorous adjective ...- Frugivorous lowland gorillas, for example, should both prefer and be more capable of metabolizing ethanol than their more folivorous montane counterparts.
- Previous investigators have noted that the folivorous, dusky-footed wood rat brings fresh, green foliage into its stickhouse.
- The New World howler monkey, which has a notably folivorous diet, evolved full trichromaticity independently of Old World primates.
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