leafeater

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noun

Any organism that consumes leaves.

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Meanings

nounleafeater (plural leafeaters)

plural leafeaters

  1. Any organism that consumes leaves.

    Eliminate just one kind of tree out of hundreds in such a forest, and some of its pollinators, leafeaters, and woodborers will disappear with it, then various of their parasites and key predators […]

    1984, Edward O. Wilson, Biophilia, page 8

Origin

From leaf + eater.

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APA

leafeater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leafeater

MLA

“leafeater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leafeater. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leafeater,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leafeater.

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