Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Plant-eating, as most caterpillars.
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The different feeding habits of the predatory snakehead (Channa striata), omnivorous catfish (Clarias macrocephalus), insectivorous climbing perch (Anabas testudineus), and plantivorous-omnivorous gouramies (Trichogaster pectoralis and T. trichopterus) indicate possible yield improvements through rice/fish polyculture.
1. Intensive sustainable livestock production: an alternative to tropical deforestation. 1992
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