Hĕrb'i-ear-niv'o-roŭs1, a.
a. Subsisting upon both vegetable and animal food;—said of certain animals.
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a. Subsisting upon both vegetable and animal food;—said of certain animals.
a. [Lat. herba, herb, and vorare, to devour; Fr. herbivore.] Eating herbs; subsisting on herbaceous plants; feeding on vegetables; as, the ox and the horse are herbivorous animals.