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herbivore [ˈhɜːbɪˌvɔː] n 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) an animal that feeds on grass and other plants 2. Informal a liberal, idealistic, or nonmaterialistic person [from New Latin herbivora grass-eaters]
herbivore a plant-eating animal. Cf. carnivore. — herbivorous, adj. See also: Animals
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If one group of conservation biologists has its way, this is how the western United States could look within the next century: filled with megafauna, including carnivores and herbivores imported from Africa, Asia, and other parts of the world. American mastodons were not just docile herbivores that whiled away their time in forests and meadows," says Daniel C. SALAD BAR: Woolly mammoths were herbivores that ate low-lying grasses and other plants. |
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