fruit-eater

plural fruit-eaters · alternative fruit eater · alternative fruiteater

1. One who eats fruit

   But he is a great fruit-eater. I have told you before of the British pie.

   1906, Official Report of the ... Fruit-Growers' Convention of the State of California

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   These are legitimate fruit-eaters, furthering the plant's evolutionary compromise of providing food in exchange for dispersal. A seasonally available fruit is of only passing significance to an opportunist fruit-eater, but the fruit-eater may be of paramount importance to the plant that produces the fruit, and plants may become adapted to exploiting such animals as agents for seed dispersal.

   1980, Jennifer Owen, Feeding Strategy

   Synonyms: frugivore