Meanings
adjectivephytivorous (not comparable)
- not comparableFeeding on plants; herbivorous.
it is seen that even the carnivorous Tethys may be phytivorous
1921, The American Naturalist
Origin
- Latinvorare“to eat greedily”
- Englishphytivorous
From phyto- + Latin vorare (“to eat greedily”).
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Rhymes with phytivorous
carnivorousherbivorousomnivorousinsectivorouspiscivorousalgivorousamphivorousaphidivorousaurivorousbaccivorouscanivorousdetritivorousequivorousfructivorousfrugivorousfucivorousfungivorousgraminivorousgranivoroushominivorouslarvivorouslichenivorouslignivorousnectarivorous
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Chicago
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