frugivorous
/froo-jiv-er-uhs/US // fruˈdʒɪv ər əs //UK // (fruːˈdʒɪvərəs) //
节俭的人,节俭的,节俭型,勤俭持家
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : fruit-eating, as certain bats.
Examples
Their diet is essentially a frugivorous one; yet they will occasionally indulge in a lizard or two, or any other reptile.
In many frugivorous animals, the canine teeth are more pointed and distinct than those of man.
The ourang-outang is the most anthropomorphous of the ape tribe, all of which are strictly frugivorous.
Man poisons himself with mushrooms, frugivorous animals never.
Cuvier places them after the Bats, but they seem properly to link the Lemurs and the frugivorous Bats.
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