herbivory

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herbivory

/həˈbɪvəɹi/ UK
/hɚˈbɪvəɹi/ US

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uncountable The consumption of living plant tissue by animals. Herbivory is a paradoxical interspecific interaction. On the one hand, upward of a quarter of all species are herbivorous insects (Strong et al., 1984) and some additional fraction of the noninsect species is also herbivorous, so plant-herbivore interactions are common. On the other hand, the simple
Similar: herbivorousness, phytophagy

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noun the consumption of living plant tissue by animals

Português	herbivoria
Italiano	fitofagia

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@misc{herbivory_2026,
  title = {herbivory},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/herbivory},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}