HERBIVOROUS

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 13

adj. Usrb-iv'or-u3s. Lat., herbiyorus (from herb a, an herb, and vorare, to devour). Fr., herbivore. Ger., krautfre end. Subsisting on herbs or gra . The Herbivora (Fr., herbivores; Ger., Herbivoren, krautfre ende Thiere) a division of the Mammal i a so characterized. [A. 322; L, 107'.] O, no; O, not; Os, whole; Th, thin; Th, the; U, like oo in too; [s. 321]