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单词 frugivorous
释义

frugivore

/fruːˈdʒɪv(ə)r(ə)s /
noun Zoology
(Of an animal) feeding on fruit.Little is known, however, about either the natural occurrence of ethanol within fruits or the behavioral responses of frugivorous animals to such cues....
  • The natural occurrence of ethanol within ripe and fermenting fruit suggests that low-level ethanol exposure via dietary ingestion is characteristic of all frugivorous metazoans.
  • Accordingly, the hypothesized deterrence of ethanol to frugivorous vertebrates, or specifically primates, is unsubstantiated.

Origin

Mid 20th century: from Latin frux, frug- 'fruit' + -vorous.

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