Meaning

1 senses
  1. An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.

    Pflanzenfresser

    травоя́дное живо́тноеtravojádnoje živótnoje, фитофа́гfitofág

    any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants

Examples

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  1. Cows are herbivores.

    deKühe sind Pflanzenfresser.

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  2. Mammoths were herbivores.

    Мамонти були травоядні.

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  3. An herbivore feeds exclusively on plants.

    deEin pflanzenfressendes Tier ernährt sich ausschließlich von Pflanzen.

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  4. Giraffes can reach leaves other herbivores can't.

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  5. Giraffes are herbivores and they eat plants.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
plant-eating organism:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
plant-eating organism:

Origin

From French herbivore, from Latin herbivorus. By surface analysis, herb (“herbage”) + -i-

From French herbivore, from Latin herbivorus. By surface analysis, herb (“herbage”) + -i- + -vore.

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