Definition of Herbivore. Meaning of Herbivore. Synonyms of Herbivore

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Definition of Herbivore

Herbivore
Herbivore Her"bi*vore, n. [Cf. F. herbivore.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Herbivora. --P. H. Gosse.

Meaning of Herbivore from wikipedia

- A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically evolved to feed on plants, especially upon vascular tissues such as foliage, fruits or seeds...
- Herbivore men (草食系 sōshoku-kei) is a term used in ****an to describe young men who become voluntarily celibate and express little interest in getting married...
- Herbivores are dependent on plants for food, and have coevolved mechanisms to obtain this food despite the evolution of a diverse ****nal of plant defenses...
- Thylacoleo, the so-called "marsupial lion". Living diprotodonts are almost all herbivores, as were most of those that are now extinct. A few insectivorous and omnivorous...
- of herbivores. Many plants produce secondary metabolites, known as allelochemicals, that influence the behavior, growth, or survival of herbivores. These...
- sustenance. The organisms which herbivores consume are primary producers, predominantly plants (including algae). Herbivores which consume land plants may...
- Herbivores' effects on plant diversity vary across environmental changes. Herbivores could increase plant diversity or decrease plant diversity. Loss of...
- Browsing is a type of herbivory in which a herbivore (or, more narrowly defined, a folivore) feeds on leaves, soft shoots, or fruits of high-growing,...
- Astrodon Lower Cretaceous herbivore Large herbivorous sauropod found in Maryland. Astrophocaudia Lower Cretaceous herbivore Large herbivorous sauropod...
- produce several secondary metabolic substance to protect themselves from herbivores insects. These chemicals are groped into alkaloids, terpenoids and phenolics...