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Adjective: herbivorous  (h)ur'bi-v(u-)rus [N. Amer], hur'bi-vu-rus [Brit]
  1. Feeding only on plants
    "Little wonder, then, that herbivorous insects usually adapt so easily to the crude attempts of Homo sapiens to poison them"

See also: anthophagous, anthophilous, baccivorous, carpophagous, detritivorous, fruit-eating, grass-eating, phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous, plant-eating, saprophagous, saprophytic, saprozoic

Antonym: carnivorous, insectivorous, omnivorous

Encyclopedia: Herbivorous