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Definition of folivore in English: folivorenounˈfəʊlɪvɔːˈfōləˌvôr Zoology An animal that feeds on leaves. Example sentencesExamples - Variation in leaf quality exists at a scale relevant to the foraging choices of individual folivores.
- The relationship between Eucalyptus species and their marsupial folivores is a case in point.
- In contrast, Q. robur exposed to 30% elevated vs ambient UV-B radiation in an outdoor array received more damage by unspecified insect folivores.
- We conclude that the role of terpenes in Eucalyptus-marsupial folivore interactions is secondary.
Derivatives adjective Zoology Frugivorous lowland gorillas, for example, should both prefer and be more capable of metabolizing ethanol than their more folivorous montane counterparts. Example sentencesExamples - The New World howler monkey, which has a notably folivorous diet, evolved full trichromaticity independently of Old World primates.
- Great gerbils are predominantly folivorous rodents that require a large amount of low-calorie food.
- Insects from the Molteno are dominated in abundance by blattoids, which are not generally folivorous.
- Previous investigators have noted that the folivorous, dusky-footed wood rat brings fresh, green foliage into its stickhouse.
Definition of folivore in US English: folivorenounˈfōləˌvôr Zoology An animal that feeds on leaves. Example sentencesExamples - In contrast, Q. robur exposed to 30% elevated vs ambient UV-B radiation in an outdoor array received more damage by unspecified insect folivores.
- The relationship between Eucalyptus species and their marsupial folivores is a case in point.
- We conclude that the role of terpenes in Eucalyptus-marsupial folivore interactions is secondary.
- Variation in leaf quality exists at a scale relevant to the foraging choices of individual folivores.
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