Definition of "herbivory" [herbivory]

• The consumption of living plant tissue by animals. (noun)

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• "Finally, herbivory occurs when an animal uses a plant as food."
• "In turns out that everything I saw in terms the herbivory of plants by animals was with insects for the simple reason that mammals are not present there."
• "Importance of plant traits and herbivory for invasiveness of Phragmites australis (Poaceae)."