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Webster 1913 Edition

Phytivorous

Phy-tiv′o-rous

,

Adj.

[

Phyto-

+ L.

vorare

to eat greedily.]

Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous;

as,

phytivorous

animals

.

Ray.

Webster 1828 Edition

Phytivorous

PHYTIV'OROUS

,

Adj.

[Gr. a plant, and L. voro, to eat.] Feeding on plants or herbage; as phytivorous animals.