as in animal
an animal that only eats plants
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Recent Examples of herbivore
Hadrosaurs, a Cretaceous Period herbivore, was the first dinosaur to be discovered and described in North America.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Channeling your favorite herbivore from Jurassic Park is optional.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Their ability to incapacitate large herbivores with powerful forelimbs and dagger-like canines may have given them a predatory edge over the bone-crushing canids.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Today, this gives us a fossil record dominated by carnivores, rather than herbivores.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Channeling your favorite herbivore from Jurassic Park is optional.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Their ability to incapacitate large herbivores with powerful forelimbs and dagger-like canines may have given them a predatory edge over the bone-crushing canids.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Today, this gives us a fossil record dominated by carnivores, rather than herbivores.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for herbivore
Noun
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Fungi transform materials that plants and animals otherwise wouldn’t be able to use to their benefit.—
Lauren Oster,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 May 2025
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Why Reinforcement Learning Matters Now The core idea behind reinforcement learning is for a system to learn in the same manner that people and animals learn—by taking actions and adjusting through trial-and-error.—
Cam Linke,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Both diets exclude meat and poultry, but pescatarians eat seafood and vegetarians do not.—
Isabel Vasquez RD LDN,
Health,
18 Apr. 2025
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Beef tallow or not, vegetarian fries are hard to come by For vegetarians and vegans, the conversation about beef tallow and seed oils further highlights the challenges of finding fries that will work with their dietary needs.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Apr. 2025
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Or the Callowhill neighborhood in Philly’s lower north district, where several bars and breweries have popped up within the last five years including Poison Heart, Triple Bottom Brewing, and the new Doom Bar, a heavy metal bar with rare herbal whiskeys and vegan nachos.—
Emily Bloch,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
16 May 2025
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Incidentally, Hamilton’s suitcase bears a sticker with a cartoon rendering of Roscoe, his beloved vegan bulldog, who boasts 1.2 million followers on Instagram.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
15 May 2025
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More on Groundhogs Moles Moles are insectivores, tunneling to find food.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
8 May 2025
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The sparrowhawk is an aggressive bird of prey, adept at hunting and fighting, while the cuckoo’s nest targets are smaller birds and mostly insectivores.—
Nathan H. Lents,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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They are set upon by one of Eudoxia’s five sons and his warband of mutant creatures – half-man, half-animal abominations created by the former Empress as part of her many diabolical experiments.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Danielle Dufault/Royal Ontario Museum Paleontologists have discovered a three-eyed creature with a pencil sharpener-like mouth that roamed the sea for prey more than 500 million years ago.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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To prevent critters from making a vehicle home sweet home, make sure the interior is kept clean and with no food residue left behind to attract them.—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Discover which critters enjoy that menu, their unique eating methods, and the important role each plays in our ecosystem.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 May 2025
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Set in a fictional, secluded land of mountains and lakes, Ochi follows a plucky teen named Yuri (played by Helena Zengel), who’s been raised by her father to fear and hunt the reclusive little beasties called ochi.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2025
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From hummingbirds and butterflies to spiders and even lowly beetles, all those wee beasties are part of an intricate web that makes up an ecosystem.—
Paul Cappiello,
The Courier-Journal,
11 Oct. 2024
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“Herbivore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herbivore. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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