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Webster 1913 Edition


Herbivora


Her-biv′o-ra

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. L.
herba
herb +
vorare
to devour.]
(Zool.)
An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.

Definition 2024


herbívora

herbívora

See also: Herbivora

Spanish

Adjective

herbívora

  1. feminine singular of herbívoro