Frugivorous
/fruːˈdʒɪvərəs/noun
Feeding mainly or exclusively on fruit.
Did you know?Frugivorous comes from Latin frux/frugis (“fruit, produce”) + vorare (“to devour”), the same savage root behind English words like voracious and devour.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
frux, frugis
“fruit, produce, crops”
Latin
Latin
vorare
“to swallow, devour”
Late Latin
Latin
frugivorus
“fruit-eating”
17th–18th Century
English
frugivorous
“feeding on fruit”
Modern English
English
frugivorous
“feeding mainly or exclusively on fruit”
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