an insect that feeds on living plants
herba, grass + vorare, to devour] A heterotrophic animal that eats plants.
Plant-eating organism. Examples are deer, sheep, grasshoppers, and zooplankton. Compare carnivore, omnivore.
Feeding exclusively on plant material
Organism that consumes plants for nutrition
Fish eating mainly vegetable matter.
an organism that feeds on only vegetation/plants.
An organism that eats plants or algae.
Plant-eating. Manatees and Dugongs are the only exclusively herbivorous marine mammals
An organism that consumes plants or plant parts.
Heterotrophic organism that feeds exclusively on plants.
An organism such as rabbit or deer that feeds primarily on green plants or plant products such as seeds or nuts. Such an organism is said to be herbivorous. Synonym: primary consumer.
Animals whose diet consists mainly of vegetable matter.
One that eats mainly or only vegetable foods.
an animal that utilises plants as its main source of food
any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants; "horses are herbivores"; "the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores"
a consumer which eats primarily plant material
a mammal that feeds on herbage
an animal that gets its energy from eating plants, and only plants
an animal that lives on plant matter for food
an animal that obtains all its energy and nutrients by eating producers
A consumer (organism) that feeds on plants.
Any organism that eats only plant material. Herbivores are considered primary consumers in the food web and eat plants that absorb and store energy from the sun through photosynthesis. Carnivores, which are considered secondary or tertiary consumers prey upon herbivores.
An organism that feeds on plants or other autotrophic organisms.The term is used primarily to describe animals.
Refers to animals that eat plants. Compare with Carnivore and Omnivore.
An organism that feeds on plants exclusively.
A creature which feeds primarily on plants.
an organism that eats plants or their products; a primary consumer.
an organism that feeds exclusively on plants.
An animal that eat only plants.
an organism that eats only plants. An elk is an example of an herbivore.
an organism that consumes only plants
Animals that consume primarily grass and other plant material.
Animals that only eat plants.
An organism that feeds on plant matter. These include animals like the bighorn sheep, beaver, and many types of insects.
An animal that derives in nutrition from plants.
eating mainly plants or parts of plants
An animal which eats plants.
a consumer that obtains energy and minerals by eating producers such as plants.
Literally, an organism that eats plants or other autotrophic organisms. The term is used primarily to describe animals.
A plant-eating animal. Sea urchins re a good example of a marine herbivore as they feed on kelp. See also heterotroph, primary consumer.
a plant-eating animal What is an Ecosystem
an animal that feeds on plants, such as a rabbit.
An animal that eats plants.
An animal that feed on plants.
an animal that feeds principally on living plants (Grasshoppers are a common herbivore found in pine and oak forests.)
Herbivores are animals that eat plants. Herbivores are also called primary consumers. Most animals are herbivores.
an animal that feeds chiefly on plants.
An organism which feeds chiefly on plants.
an organism that eats plant matter
An animal that eats only plant matter, such as a deer or rabbit.
An animal that feeds on plant matter.
animals that eat plants only
herr-bah-Vorr) An organism which consumes plants only.
Plant eater; primary consumer.
any organism that eats only producers (plants)
A plant eating animal. See also Omnivore and Carnivore.
An animal that consumes plants or autotrophs
a primary consumer, or an animal that eats producers
An animal that is a vegetarian, i.e. one that eats only plant matter. Iguanas are herbivores. For more information on diet, see the Food and Feeding page
herbivorous: an animal which feeds only on plants.
an organism that eats only plants; a primary consumer.
Any organism feeding on plants.
an animal that feeds mainly on plants
An animal that subsists principally or entirely on plants or plant materials.
an animal that feeds on plant material
A plant-eating animal. Many herbivorous dinosaurs had flat, grinding or shearing teeth. There were many more plant-eating dinosaurs than meat-eaters.
organisms that eat plants for energy.
Animal that eats only plants
An animal who eats only plants.
An organism that consumes plant material.
An organism that obtains its food energy by eating plants. See Primary consumer.
an animal that preys on (consumes) living plants or their fruit and seeds.
An animal that primarily eats plan...
Any reptile which eats only plant matter (folivore eats only leaves, fructivore only fruit).
Herbivores (also called primary consumers) are animals that eat plants.
Species that feed on plant material
Feeding on plants; phytophagous.
Herbivores are animals that eat plants. No whales are herbivores.
an animal that uses plants as a food source.
an animal that gets its energy solely through the consumption of plant products.
Animal whose diet is made up exclusively of plant material. The preeminent herbivore of the North Woods is, of course, the Moose. From the Latin, herba, "vegetation", and vorare, "to swallow."
A herbivore is often defined as any organism that eats only plantsDefinitions of herbivore on the Web http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&defl=en&q=define:herbivore&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title. By that definition, many fungi, some bacteria, many animals, about 1% of flowering plants and some protists can be considered herbivores. Many people restrict the term herbivore to animals.