Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An animal, such as a chimpanzee or fruit bat, that feeds primarily on fruit.
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- noun An
animal whosediet is mostlyfruit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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A frugivore is a type of herbivore (plant-eating animal) that eats a substantial portion of fruit.
Frugivore Wikipedia 2009
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As our environment becomes more acidic and we introduce synthetic chemicals, the biomass of any resident species -- whether frugivore, herbivore, or carnivore -- will literally incorporate those substances in the flesh.
Natalia Rose: What We Eat Today: Cardboard Carrots, Inedible Eggs, and Corn-fed Fish 2010
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Another example of a mammalian frugivore is the Gray-bellied Night Monkey, also known as the owl monkey.
Frugivore Wikipedia 2009
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While frugivores and fruit-producing plant species are worldwide, there is some evidence that tropical forests have more frugivore seed dispersers than the temperate zone.
Frugivore Wikipedia 2009
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One example of a mammalian frugivore is the maned wolf, or Chrysocyon brachyurus, which is found in South America.
Frugivore Wikipedia 2009
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Since frugivore seed dispersal is so important in the tropics, many researchers have studied the loss of frugivores and related it to changed plant population dynamics.
Frugivore Wikipedia 2009
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Fruit bats are another example of a mammalian frugivore.
Frugivore Wikipedia 2009
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This lack of specialization could be because fruit availability varies by season and year, which tends to discourage frugivore animals from focusing on just one plant species [2].
Frugivore Wikipedia 2009
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Management of plant invasions mediated by frugivore interactions.
Frugivore Wikipedia 2009
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When both the fruit-producing plant and the frugivore species benefit by fruit-eating behavior their interaction is called a mutualism.
Frugivore Wikipedia 2009
vmarinelli commented on the word frugivore
Animals whose natural diet consists chiefly of fruit. Not a recommended regimen for humans, despite the existence of self-described fruitarians.
February 6, 2007
qms commented on the word frugivore
The pattern is hard to ignore:
Buy local and you are a locavore;
If seeking cheap eats
In veggies and meats
You're frugal and known as a frugivore.
June 22, 2017
bilby commented on the word frugivore
But what about fruit, mister qms?
From bananas and grapes you digress
I'll pop me a melon
When breakfast desire is swellin'
And laugh like a pineapple, more or less
June 22, 2017
ruzuzu commented on the word frugivore
Chimps and fruit bats are picky.
When it comes to their lunch, it's sticky.
Why eat cheese or meat?
Choose fruits or a beet.
(But maybe not a durian--they're icky.)
June 22, 2017
qms commented on the word frugivore
ruzuzu and bilby combine
Lamenting my poor withered vine,
But if there's an ointment
For cruel disappointment
That comforting unction is mine.
For limericks are careless of clime
And ripen regardless of time.
Their happiest chore
Is spreading of spore
To generate offspring in rhyme.
June 23, 2017
ruzuzu commented on the word frugivore
I haven't had enough coffee for a limerick, so I'll default to haiku:
qms plants seeds
and encourages us to
cultivate our own.
June 23, 2017