What does herbivorous mean?

herbivorous means "feeding only on plants".

How many syllables are in herbivorous?

herbivorous has 4 syllables: her-biv-o-rous. The stress falls on "biv". In IPA it is /hɚˈbɪvɚəs/.

What is the opposite of herbivorous?

The recorded antonyms are omnivorous, insectivorous, carnivorous.

Is herbivorous a common word?

herbivorous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

herbivorous — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
feeding only on plants
Antonymsomnivorous insectivorous carnivorous
Similaranthophagous baccivorous carpophagous grass-eating plant-eating saprophagous saprophytic

Questions about herbivorous

What does herbivorous mean?: herbivorous means "feeding only on plants".
How many syllables are in herbivorous?: herbivorous has 4 syllables: her-biv-o-rous. The stress falls on "biv". In IPA it is /hɚˈbɪvɚəs/.
What is the opposite of herbivorous?: The recorded antonyms are omnivorous, insectivorous, carnivorous.
Is herbivorous a common word?: herbivorous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for herbivorous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
feeding only on plants
Antonymsomnivorous insectivorous carnivorous
Similaranthophagous baccivorous carpophagous grass-eating plant-eating saprophagous saprophytic

Questions about herbivorous

What does herbivorous mean?: herbivorous means "feeding only on plants".
How many syllables are in herbivorous?: herbivorous has 4 syllables: her-biv-o-rous. The stress falls on "biv". In IPA it is /hɚˈbɪvɚəs/.
What is the opposite of herbivorous?: The recorded antonyms are omnivorous, insectivorous, carnivorous.
Is herbivorous a common word?: herbivorous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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