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 adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component...
- Herbivore men or gr****-eater men (草食(系)男子, Sōshoku(-kei) danshi) is a term used in ****an to describe young men who become a voluntarily celibate and express...
- the impact of herbivores. Plants can sense being touched, and they can use several strategies to defend against damage caused by herbivores. Many plants...
- sustenance. The organisms which herbivores consume are primary producers, predominantly plants (including algae). Herbivores which consume land plants may...
- 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,...
- Herbivores' effects on plant diversity vary across environmental changes. Herbivores could increase plant diversity or decrease plant diversity. Loss of...
- 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...
- metabolites to deter insects. These toxins limit the diet breadth of herbivores, and evolving mechanisms to nonetheless continue herbivory is an important...
- herbivores, insects, and pathogens, while the volatile phenolic compounds may attract benefactors such as parasitoids or predators of the herbivores that...
- for their larvae. One herbivore of lima bean is Spodoptera littoralis, the African cotton leafworm. An attack by this herbivore induces hydrogen peroxide...