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# herbivorous

«herbivorous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Eating only plants, such as grass, leaves, fruit and seeds** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (herbivorous)

### meaning for a pupil

(science) Eating only plants, such as grass, leaves, fruit and seeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herbivorous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on food chains, animals are herbivorous (plant-eaters), carnivorous (meat-eaters) or omnivorous (both). Cows, rabbits, elephants, koalas and many dinosaurs like Triceratops were herbivorous. Herbivores are primary consumers in a food chain. Phrases: herbivorous animals, herbivorous dinosaurs.

### examples

- Rabbits are herbivorous animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herbivorous/#x1)
- Triceratops was a herbivorous dinosaur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herbivorous/#x2)
- Herbivorous animals have flat teeth for grinding plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herbivorous/#x3)
- Koalas are herbivorous and eat only eucalyptus leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herbivorous/#x4)
- In the food chain, herbivorous animals eat the producers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herbivorous/#x5)
- Is a panda herbivorous? It mostly eats bamboo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herbivorous/#x6)

### note

Pronounced her-BIV-uh-rus (in US English the h is often silent: er-BIV-or-us). Noun: herbivore. «A herbivorous» (UK) vs «an herbivorous» (US, when the h is silent). Pandas are mostly herbivorous but sometimes eat small animals.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «herbivorous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/herbivorous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.