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frugivore

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈfɹuːd͡ʒɪˌvɔɹ/

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noun

Meaning 1

An animal whose diet is mostly fruit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From French frugivore, from Latin frūgi- + French -vore.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: frugtæder — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Dutch: fructivoor — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Dutch: vruchteneter — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Finnish: hedelmänsyöjä — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • French: frugivore — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Galician: fruxívoro — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • German: Fruchtfresser — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Greek: καρποφάγος (karpofágos) — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Hindi: फलाहारी (phalāhārī) — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Italian: frugivoro — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Khmer: ផលាសី (phol la sei) — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Malay: frugivor — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Old English: wæstmǣta — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Polish: owocożerca — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Portuguese: frugívoro — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Russian: плодоядное живо́тное (plodojadnoje živótnoje) — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: plodožder — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: plodojedac — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: plodojed — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Spanish: frugívoro — animal that eats mostly fruit
  • Swedish: fruktätare — animal that eats mostly fruit