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PLANT EATER [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Zoology
DEF

A phytophagous animal.

OBS

phytophagous (adj.): Feeding on plants - used esp. of a lower animal (as an insect); distinguished from herbivorous and vegetarian.

CONT

In each region are plant eaters, which peacefully graze on the microbial mats, and meat eaters, which prey on the plant eaters and on one another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Zoologie
OBS

[...] insecte qui se nourrit de matières végétales.

OBS

Plus général que herbivore.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Zoología
DEF

Organismo heterótrofo que se alimenta de material vegetal.

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