Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frugivorous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: fru-giv-o-rous
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.

Example Sentences

"Although the vampire bat is known for feeding on blood, most species of bat eat insects, and many are frugivorous."
"All four primary objectives (development of diagnostic DNA tools for maggot identification; selection of natural enemies for biological control of tephritid pests; taxonomic work on tephritid flies; and discerning patterns of utilization wild host plants by frugivorous tephritid pests) were accomplished."

Etymology

From Latin frūx (“fruit”) + -vorous.

Inflected Forms

more frugivorous (comparative) most frugivorous (superlative)

Derived Forms

frugivorousness nonfrugivorous

Frequently Paired Words

frugivore

Rhymes With

carnivorous omnivorous herbivorous insectivorous piscivorous sanguinivorous oryzivorous graminivorous granivorous aurivorous baccivorous fungivorous

Questions

What does frugivorous mean?: Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
Where does frugivorous come from?: From Latin frūx (“fruit”) + -vorous.

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