herbivorous
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The menu, all vegetarian, includes treats such as a Buddha bowl with microgreens and Brussels sprouts with “bacon” from the Herbivorous Butcher in Minneapolis.
From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2018
Herbivorous fish are particularly important for coral reefs, because their grazing prevents the algae from overgrowing and killing corals.
From Nature • Jul. 10, 2018
Herbivorous mammals like the giraffe have front teeth, muscular lips, flattened molars, and jawbones that pull and grind leaves in a side-to-side motion.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018
Herbivorous fish, which can help reduce macroalgae cover, have also increased.
From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2017
Herbivorous mammals, such as the elephant, rhinoceros, ox, buffalo, horse, &c., owe their great size to their habit of daily distending themselves with food and taking comparatively little exercise.
From Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin by Butler, Samuel
Vocabulary lists containing herbivorous
100 SAT Words Beginning with "H"
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Vocabulary Video Contest (2013) - List 2
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2014 Vocabulary Video Contest (A-L)
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