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Herbivore

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an animal that feeds primarily on plants
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Stage 1 of 2
herba
Latin · ancient
"grass, a plant"
grass, a plant, combined with vorare (to devour)
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Stage 2 of 2
herbivore
English · 1830s
"an animal that primarily eats plants"
adopted by biologists for an animal that primarily eats plants
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