"folivore" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfəʊlɪvɔː(ɹ)/ Forms: folivores [plural]
Etymology: From Latin folium (“a leaf”) + -vore, Latin vorō (“I devour”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|folium||a leaf}} Latin folium (“a leaf”), {{suffix|en||vore}} + -vore, {{der|en|la|vorō||I devour}} Latin vorō (“I devour”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} folivore (plural folivores)
  1. (biology) A herbivore that eats mostly foliage. Wikipedia link: folivore Categories (topical): Biology, Diets Translations (herbivore that eats mostly foliage): folívoro [masculine] (Asturian), filófago [masculine] (Asturian), folívor [masculine] (Catalan), 食葉動物 (Chinese Mandarin), 食叶动物 (shíyè dòngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), lehtiensyöjä (Finnish), folivori (Finnish), folivore [masculine] (French), phyllophage [masculine] (French), folívoro [masculine] (Galician), filófago [masculine] (Galician), पर्णाहारी (parṇāhārī) (Hindi), laufæta [feminine] (Icelandic), folivoro [masculine] (Italian), folivoru [masculine] (Maltese), برگخواری (Persian), liściożerca [masculine] (Polish), folívoro [masculine] (Portuguese), folívoro [masculine] (Spanish), filófago [masculine] (Spanish)

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