Meanings
nounfrugivore (plural frugivores)
plural frugivores
- An animal whose diet is mostly fruit.
Synonyms: fructivore, fruit-eater, fruitivore
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn animal whose diet is mostly fruit.
Also see
Origin
- Frenchfrugivore
- Englishfrugivore
From French frugivore, from Latin frūgi- + French -vore.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish frugtæder
- frugtæderanimal that eats mostly fruit
Dutch fructivoor, vruchteneter
- fructivooranimal that eats mostly fruit
- vruchteneteranimal that eats mostly fruit
Finnish hedelmänsyöjä
- hedelmänsyöjäanimal that eats mostly fruit
French frugivore
- frugivoreanimal that eats mostly fruit
German Fruchtfresser
- Fruchtfresseranimal that eats mostly fruit
Greek καρποφάγος
- καρποφάγος (karpofágos)animal that eats mostly fruit
Hindi फलाहारी
- फलाहारी (phalāhārī)animal that eats mostly fruit
Italian frugivoro
- frugivoroanimal that eats mostly fruit
Malay frugivor
- frugivoranimal that eats mostly fruit
Polish owocożerca
- owocożercaanimal that eats mostly fruit
Portuguese frugívoro
- frugívoroanimal that eats mostly fruit
Russian плодоядное живо́тное
- плодоядное живо́тное (plodojadnoje živótnoje)animal that eats mostly fruit
Spanish frugívoro
- frugívoroanimal that eats mostly fruit
Swedish fruktätare
- fruktätareanimal that eats mostly fruit
Cite this entry
APA
frugivore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frugivore
MLA
“frugivore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frugivore. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frugivore,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frugivore.
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