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English
Etymology
From Latin frūx (“fruit”) + -vorous.
Pronunciation
Adjective
frugivorous (comparative more frugivorous, superlative most frugivorous)
- Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
Although the vampire bat is known for feeding on blood, most species of bat eat insects, and many are frugivorous.
(Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING U.S. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS:All four primary objectives (development of diagnostic DNA tools for maggot identification; selection of natural enemies for biological control of tephritid pests; taxonomic work on tephritid flies; and discerning patterns of utilization wild host plants by frugivorous tephritid pests) were accomplished.
Translations
having a diet that consists mostly of fruit
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