Definition of "herbivore" []

• An animal that feeds chiefly on plants. (noun)

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• "I feel bad for the horse that has to stand there and watch while its fellow herbivore is dismembered."
• "Because calling an animal a herbivore is the way that they were made, a natural instinct to eat plants not animals."
• "This trend has led to a new term: locavore, complementing the better known terms herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore."