folivore

English

Etymology

From folium (“a leaf”) plus Latin vorō (“I devour”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊlɪvɔː(ɹ)/

Noun

folivore (plural folivores)

(biology) A herbivore that eats mostly foliage.
- The Koala of Australia with its elongated cecum, and many species of primates, sloths, and the pandas are noteworthy folivores.[1]

Translations

herbivore that eats mostly foliage

Asturian: folívoro m, filófago m
Catalan: folívor m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 食葉動物, 食叶动物 (shíyè dòngwù)
Finnish: lehtiensyöjä, folivori (fi)
French: folivore (fr) m, phyllophage (fr) m
Galician: folívoro m, filófago m
Hindi: पर्णाहारी (parṇāhārī)

Icelandic: laufæta f
Italian: folivoro m
Maltese: folivoru m
Persian: برگ‌خواری‎
Polish: liściożerca (pl) m
Portuguese: folívoro m
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: folívoro (es) m, filófago m

References

George A. Feldhamer et al. "Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology" |isbn=978-0-8018-8695-9

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