frugivorous

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frugivorous

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From Latin frūx (“fruit”) + -vorous.

adjective more frugivorous · most frugivorous

  1. 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.

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adj having a diet that consists mostly of fruit

Españolfrugívoro
हिन्दीफलाहारी phalāhārī
Portuguêsfrugívoro
Françaisfrugivore
Italianofrugivoro
Ελληνικάκαρποφάγος karpofágos
Русскийплодоя́дный plodojádnyj

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@misc{frugivorous_2026,
  title = {frugivorous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/frugivorous},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}