HERBIVORE
Dictionary entry overview: What does herbivore mean? • HERBIVORE (noun)
The noun HERBIVORE has 1 sense:
1. any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
Familiarity information: HERBIVORE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HERBIVORE (noun)
Meaning:
Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Context examples:
horses are herbivores / the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores
Hypernyms ("herbivore" is a kind of...):
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
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