Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #908 of 1319

herbivore (n.)

a plant eater

Examples

  • Cows are herbivores.

Key rules

  • A herbivore is an animal that eats only plants
  • Cows are herbivores
  • Herbivore is countable

Common mistakes

  • Cows is herbivores → Cows are herbivores
💡 Tip: Biology // Animals // Food chains
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← carnivore (n.)nocturnal (adj.) →

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