herbivore
An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.
Synonyms
- vegetarian
A kind of
- animal
Related words
- antiherbivore
- herbivoral
- herbivore man
- herbivorous
- herbivory
- macroherbivore
- megaherbivore
- mesoherbivore
- nonherbivore
- omniherbivore
Word history
From Latin "herbivorus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “herbivore” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.