frugivorous
English
Adjective
frugivorous (comparative more frugivorous, superlative most frugivorous)
- Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
- Although the vampire bat is known for feeding on blood, most species of bat eat insects, and many are frugivorous.
- (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING U.S. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS:
- All four primary objectives (development of diagnostic DNA tools for maggot identification; selection of natural enemies for biological control of tephritid pests; taxonomic work on tephritid flies; and discerning patterns of utilization wild host plants by frugivorous tephritid pests) were accomplished.
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Translations
having a diet that consists mostly of fruit
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