herbivorous
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The herbivorous marsupial can also reabsorb water from the colon and produce more concentrated urine to preserve hydration, or allow its body temperature to fluctuate with the environment in a process known as heterothermy.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
In the wild, wolf packs primarily subsist on wild ungulates - hoofed, typically herbivorous, animals such as deer, cows and pigs.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
Known in Argentina as carpinchos, capybaras are gentle and herbivorous, but they are hard to miss.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024
After the Spanish arrived, the bears’ consumption of meat more than doubled—increasing from 10% to 26%, with one-third of that coming from livestock—but they remained mostly herbivorous.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 9, 2024
In all, of the world’s 148 big wild terrestrial herbivorous mammals—the candidates for domestication—only 14 passed the test.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing herbivorous
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2014 Vocabulary Video Contest (A-L)
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