herbivora

pl. [Lat. herb a =gra , an herb, a plant, and voro to devour.] Zool .: Animals, specially mammals, feeding on gra , herbs, or other plants. her-biv-öre, s. [HERBIVORA.] One of the herbivora (q. v.). "The herbivores were kept in check by numerous carnivores."-Dawkins: Early Man in Britain , ch. iii. her-biv-õr-oŭs, a. [Mod. Latin herbivor ( a ); Eng. suff.- ous.] Zool.: Feeding on gra , herbs, or other plants. "Its thickets and caves were occupied by carnivora preying on the herbivorous mammals." -Wilson : Prehistoric Annals of Scotland , ch. i.