单词 | herbivora |
释义 | Herbivoran. Zoology. With plural agreement. A general name for animals, esp. mammals, that feed on herbage or plants. spec. The name of a division of Marsupials, including the kangaroos; and of a division of Cetacea. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > that eat plants Herbivora1830 the world > animals > by eating habits > [noun] > herbivore > group of Herbivora1830 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 152 They serve to attest the contiguity of land inhabited by large herbivora. 1890 A. R. Wallace Darwinism (new ed.) 18 There will also be carnivora destroying the herbivora. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1830 |
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