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Pronunciation / Transliteration: cho-sik-dong-mul
"소는 초식동물로 주로 풀을 먹습니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An animal that feeds mainly on plants.
"The elephant is a large herbivore that roams the savannah in search of food." - 2
A member of a group of animals that are adapted to eating plant material.
"Many herbivores have specialized teeth for grinding leaves and stems."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the modern Latin herbivora, combining the Latin 'herba' (grass, herb) and 'vorare' (to devour or swallow). It entered the English scientific vocabulary in the mid-19th century to classify animals whose primary food source is plant matter.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Herbivore"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "Herbivore" is said worldwide
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herbivore
Transliteration: ɛʁ.bi.vɔʁ
"Le cheval est un herbivore qui mange principalement de l'herbe."
Pflanzenfresser
Transliteration: pflan-tsen-fres-ser
"Das Pferd ist ein Pflanzenfresser, das Gras frisst."
erbivoro
Transliteration: er-bi-vo-ro
"La mucca è un erbivoro che si nutre di erba."
herbívoro
Transliteration: er-bi-βo-ro
"La vaca es un herbívoro que se alimenta de pasto."
herbívoro
Transliteration: er-bi-vɔ-ɾu
"O coelho é um herbívoro que come vegetais."
शाकाहारी
Transliteration: shakahari
"गाय एक शाकाहारी जानवर है जो घास खाती है।"
食草动物
Transliteration: shí cǎo dòng wù
"大象是一种食草动物，主要以植物为食。"
초식동물
Transliteration: cho-sik-dong-mul
"소는 초식동물로 주로 풀을 먹습니다."
草食動物
Transliteration: sōshoku dōbutsu
"馬は草食動物で、主に草を食べます。"
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