plant-eating
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- adjective
- /plænt ˈiːtɪŋ/
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herbívoro
- The plant-eating animals in the savannah primarily feed on grasses and leaves.
- plant-eating insects
Examples
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During our tour of the defoliated areas, Orians and I did not see a single species of insect-eating or plant-eating bird, with the exception of barn swallows, which were migrants from the north.
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One was the egg of a sauropod, a long-necked, plant-eating giant that lived 180 million years ago.
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"For example, has the loss of birds also led to an increase in the number of plant-eating insects?
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"We can trace this difference in response to changes in a number of key ecological groups such as plant-eating dinosaurs like Triceratops and small mammals."
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In nature, they are considered to be keystone species that stabilize and regulate populations of plant-eating insects.
Academic text (1997) -
Other natural disturbances are due to plant-eating insects and mammals and disease-causing microorganisms.
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Crops are augmented with bacterial toxins that repel plant-eating insects.
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Plant-eating animals get most of their nutrients from the cellulose in plant cell walls, yet vertebrates cannot digest cellulose directly.
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Halophytic chenopods, such as saltbushes, are green throughout the year, and their lush color might mislead one into thinking they are an ideal food source for plant-eating mammals.
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Carpenter cited many studies of giant mammalian herbivores, such as elephants and rhinoceroses, which showed that larger size in plant-eating animals leads to greater efficiency in digesting food.
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Synonyms
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An animal that eats only plants
An animal that eats plants like leaves and stems
Eating plants like leaves, stems, or roots
Antonyms
How Plant-Eating
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Plant-eating is a simple English compound made of plant and eating, so it literally means 'eating plants'. A similar word is herbivore, which comes from old words for 'plant' and 'to eat', so both words point to animals that eat plants.