folivore

English

Etymology

From Latin folium (“a leaf”) +‎ -vore, Latin vorō (“I devour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊlɪvɔː(ɹ)/

Noun

folivore (plural folivores)

1. (biology) A herbivore that eats mostly foliage.
   • 2007, George A. Feldhamer et al., Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology‎^[1], →ISBN:

     The Koala of Australia with its elongated cecum, and many species of primates, sloths, and the pandas are noteworthy folivores.

Translations

herbivore that eats mostly foliage

• Asturian: folívoro m, filófago m
• Catalan: folívor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 食葉動物／食叶动物 (shíyè dòngwù)

• Finnish: lehtiensyöjä, folivori (fi)
• French: folivore (fr) m, phyllophage (fr) m
• Galician: folívoro m, filófago (gl) m
• Hindi: पर्णाहारी (parṇāhārī)
• Icelandic: laufæta f
• Italian: folivoro m
• Maltese: folivoru m
• Persian: برگ‌خواری
• Polish: liściożerca (pl) m
• Portuguese: folívoro m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: folívoro (es) m, filófago m