Meaning & use
Folivores
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Animals that feed mainly or exclusively on leaves.
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Koalas are folivores, subsisting almost entirely on eucalyptus leaves.
Many folivores have specialized guts to digest tough, fibrous plant material.
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Formed from Latin 'folium' (leaf) plus '-vore' (eater), on the same pattern as 'carnivore' and 'herbivore'.
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leaf-eaters
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