"frugivorous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more frugivorous [comparative], most frugivorous [superlative]
Etymology: Latin frūx (“fruit”) + -vorous Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|frūx||fruit}} Latin frūx (“fruit”), {{suffix|en||vorous}} + -vorous Head templates: {{en-adj}} frugivorous (comparative more frugivorous, superlative most frugivorous)
  1. Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating. Categories (topical): Diets Related terms: frugivore Translations (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit): hedelmiä syövä (Finnish), wæstmǣte (Old English), owocożerny (Polish), frugívoro (Portuguese), плодоя́дный (plodojádnyj) (Russian), frugívoro (Spanish), ffrwythysol (Welsh)

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