🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

herbívoro

Pronunciation / Transliteration: er-bi-vɔ-ɾu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Herbivore/ˈhɜː.bɪ.vɔːr/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O coelho é um herbívoro que come vegetais."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An animal that feeds mainly on plants.

    "The elephant is a large herbivore that roams the savannah in search of food."
  2. 2

    A member of a group of animals that are adapted to eating plant material.

    "Many herbivores have specialized teeth for grinding leaves and stems."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'herbivore' originates from the Latin word 'herbivorus', which combines 'herba' meaning 'grass' or 'herb' and 'vorare' meaning 'to devour'. It was first used in the early 19th century to describe animals that primarily consume plants.

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