as in animal
an animal that only eats plants
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Recent Examples of herbivore
Green sea turtles are the only type that is primarily herbivores, eating mostly seagrasses and algae.
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Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
For example, ants protect certain trees from herbivores while feeding on the tree’s nectar.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Unlike most hockey players, Mammuthus was an herbivore.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
An April 2025 study in Frontiers in Biogeography takes another look at these extinct herbivores, which were wiped out by human hunting during the last Ice Age between around 50,000 and 34,000 years ago.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
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Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
For example, ants protect certain trees from herbivores while feeding on the tree’s nectar.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Unlike most hockey players, Mammuthus was an herbivore.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
An April 2025 study in Frontiers in Biogeography takes another look at these extinct herbivores, which were wiped out by human hunting during the last Ice Age between around 50,000 and 34,000 years ago.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for herbivore
Recent Examples of Synonyms for herbivore
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This is the second flight run by Wings of Rescue that brought animals displaced by the Hill Country floods to Fort Worth, bringing in a total of 242 animals.—
Samara Gerstle,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 July 2025
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Police apology Police said officers will receive additional training on the statute that allows first responders to enter a vehicle to protect the health and safety of an animal.—
Sydney Sasser
July 11,
Charlotte Observer,
11 July 2025
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Many church members are vegetarians and abstain from alcohol and tobacco as part of their spiritual discipline.—
Luis Andres Henao,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
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There truly is something for everyone, including vegetarians, on this menu.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
4 July 2025
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Main courses include pasta, vegan, meat, and fish options.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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The vegan option comes laced with turmeric rice, seasoned potatoes, gomen and red lentils.—
Colin Wrenn,
Denver Post,
9 July 2025
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The lemurs and tenrecs of Madagascar, for example, are descended from primates and insectivores that used to be much more widespread.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
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More on Groundhogs Moles Moles are insectivores, tunneling to find food.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
8 May 2025
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That was a journey nearly like designing the creatures.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 June 2025
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Once upon a time, the movie tells us, people flocked to see these giant creatures resurrected from old DNA.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
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In various sequences, kids and critters alike are in danger where Superman has to save them – including a curious squirrel.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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The 40-acre facility has among its list of roughly 1,600 critters, penguins, binturongs, sharks, dingoes, Flemish giant rabbits, servals, tree frogs, capuchin monkeys, moon jellyfish, pythons and orangutans.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
10 July 2025
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Most of the remaining beasties now live on remote islands near the equator, and most humans would conveniently like to forget them.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
30 June 2025
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That hybrid classification extends to recent hits such as Minecraft and Sonic the Hedgehog, which combine live actors with CGI beasties.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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“Herbivore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herbivore. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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