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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. 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.