frugivorous

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adjective

Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.

“Although the vampire bat is known for feeding on blood, most species of bat eat insects, and many are frugivorous.”

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Meanings

adjectivefrugivorous (comparative more frugivorous, superlative most frugivorous)

comparative more frugivorous · superlative most frugivorous

  1. Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.

    Although the vampire bat is known for feeding on blood, most species of bat eat insects, and many are frugivorous.

    1 more example

    All four primary objectives (development of diagnostic DNA tools for maggot identification; selection of natural enemies for biological control of tephritid pests; taxonomic work on tephritid flies; and discerning patterns of utilization wild host plants by frugivorous tephritid pests) were accomplished.

    (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING U.S. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2023

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
carpophagous

Origin

From Latin frūx (“fruit”) + -vorous.

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Translations

Finnish hedelmiä syövä
  • hedelmiä syövähaving a diet that consists mostly of fruit
French frugivore
  • frugivorehaving a diet that consists mostly of fruit
Greek καρποφάγος
  • καρποφάγος (karpofágos)having a diet that consists mostly of fruit
Hindi फलाहारी
  • फलाहारी (phalāhārī)having a diet that consists mostly of fruit
Italian frugivoro
  • frugivorohaving a diet that consists mostly of fruit
Polish owocożerny
  • owocożernyhaving a diet that consists mostly of fruit
Portuguese frugívoro
  • frugívorohaving a diet that consists mostly of fruit
Russian плодоя́дный
  • плодоя́дный (plodojádnyj)having a diet that consists mostly of fruit
Spanish frugívoro
  • frugívorohaving a diet that consists mostly of fruit
Ukrainian плодої́дний
  • плодої́дний (plodojídnyj)having a diet that consists mostly of fruit
Welsh ffrwythysol
  • ffrwythysolhaving a diet that consists mostly of fruit

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with frugivorous

carnivorousherbivorousomnivorousinsectivorouspiscivorousalgivorousamphivorousaphidivorousaurivorousbaccivorouscanivorousdetritivorousequivorousfructivorousfucivorousfungivorousgraminivorousgranivoroushominivorouslarvivorouslichenivorouslignivorousnectarivorousoryzivorous
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Cite this entry
APA

frugivorous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frugivorous

MLA

“frugivorous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frugivorous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frugivorous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frugivorous.

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