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herbivore

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herbivore
[hərbivōr]
Etymology: L, herba, grass, vorare, to devour
an animal that subsists mostly or entirely on plants. herbivorous, adj.

herbivore
one of the Herbivora; animals that subsist in their natural state entirely by eating plants and plant products. In confined management systems foods of animal origin may be included in their diets, e.g. meat meal, fish meal.

non-ruminant herbivore
monogastric animals, such as horses and rabbits, able to digest roughages and other fibrous feeds in their hindgut.


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