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PRONUNCIATION OF FRUCTIVOROUS

fructivorous  [frʌkˈtɪvərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRUCTIVOROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fructivorous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FRUCTIVOROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fructivorous in the English dictionary

The definition of fructivorous in the dictionary is fruit-eating, frugivorous.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRUCTIVOROUS


baccivorous
bækˈsɪvərəs
carnivorous
kɑːˈnɪvərəs
flavorous
ˈfleɪvərəs
frugivorous
fruːˈdʒɪvərəs
graminivorous
ˌɡræmɪˈnɪvərəs
granivorous
ɡræˈnɪvərəs
herbivorous
hɜːˈbɪvərəs
insectivorous
ˌɪnsɛkˈtɪvərəs
lignivorous
lɪɡˈnɪvərəs
limivorous
lɪˈmɪvərəs
mellivorous
mɪˈlɪvərəs
merdivorous
mɜːˈdɪvərəs
nucivorous
njuːˈsɪvərəs
omnivorous
ɒmˈnɪvərəs
ossivorous
ɒˈsɪvərəs
papaverous
pəˈpeɪvərəs
piscivorous
pɪˈsɪvərəs
ranivorous
rəˈnɪvərəs
savorous
ˈseɪvərəs
vermivorous
vɜːˈmɪvərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRUCTIVOROUS

fructan
fructed
Fructidor
fructiferous
fructiferously
fructification
fructified
fructifier
fructifies
fructify
fructive
fructose
fructuary
fructuate
fructuation
fructuous
fructuously
fructuousness
frug
frugal

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRUCTIVOROUS

amorous
dangerous
decorous
dolorous
glamorous
humorous
indecorous
malodorous
microporous
nonporous
phosphorous
porous
rancorous
rigorous
sonorous
splendorous
stertorous
tumorous
unglamorous
vaporous
vigorous

Synonyms and antonyms of fructivorous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fructivorous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRUCTIVOROUS

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The translations of fructivorous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fructivorous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

fructivorous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fructivorous
570 millions of speakers

English

fructivorous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

fructivorous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثامر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

fructivorous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fructivorous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

fructivorous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

frugivores
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fructivorous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fructivorous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

fructivorous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

fructivorous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fructivorous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

fructivorous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

fructivorous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्रॅक्च्यूरस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fructivorous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fructivorous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fructivorous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

fructivorous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fructivorous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

fructivorous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fructivorous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fructivorous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fructivorous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fructivorous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRUCTIVOROUS»

The term «fructivorous» is barely ever used and occupies the 209.140 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRUCTIVOROUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fructivorous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRUCTIVOROUS»

Discover the use of fructivorous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fructivorous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hemiptera
Host Associations The majority of Pentatomomorpha are phytophagous and are either mycetophagous (Aradoidea), granivorous (most of Lygaeoidea, Coreoidea , Pentatomoidea and Pyrrhocoroidea) or folivorous and/or fructivorous (most ...
G. Cassis, Gordon F. Gross, Australian Biological Resources Study, 2002
2
Human Health and Forests: A Global Overview of Issues, ...
Frugivorous (fructivorous) bats, or 'fruit bats', belong to Megachiroptera; some are Phyllostomidae. They locate ripe fruits by smell, chew them and disperse seeds in faeces, thus playing an important role in regeneration in tropical forests.
Carol J. Pierce Colfer, 2012
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Microtomy Frozen vegetables (May Subd Geog) [T134915] UF Vegetables, Frozen BT Food, Frozen NT Frozen corn Frozen leeks Frozen peas Frozen potatoes Frozen spinach Frozen yogurt USE Yogurt, Frozen Fructivorous animals USE ...
‎1989
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The zoologist: a popular miscellany of natural history
In drawing general conclusions, however, from particular facts, we must be careful not to be too positive : thus, when we are told that this or that animal is carnivorous, insectivorous, piscivorous, fructivorous, granivorous, or herbivorous,  ...
‎1845
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Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History
In drawing general conclusions, however, from particular facts, we must be careful not to be too positive: thus, when we are told that this or that animal is carnivorous, insectivorous, piscivorous, fructivorous, granivorous, or herbivorous,  ...
‎1845
6
Library of Congress Subject Headings
F 68] UF Fructosans [Former heading] Levans BT Polysaccharides Fructivorous animals USE Frugivores Fructofuranosidase USE Invertase Fructofuranosylglucopyranoside USE Sucrose Fructosans USE Fructans Fructose [QD321] BT ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2005
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The Physiology of the domestic animals
This is especially illustrated among the birds, where some are fructivorous in winter and insectivorous in summer; so the small fructivorous monkey will eat insects and seek for eggs and little birds scarcely hatched. Even in the same groups of ...
Robert Meade Smith, 1890
8
A synopsis of natural history: embracing the natural history ...
Hairs of the tail arranged upon the sides in the manner of a large feather ; diet fructivorous ; habitation upon trees. [Both continents.] Pteromys. Flying Squirrel. Feet with long bony appendages sustaining a lateral fold of the skin. Genus II. Mus ...
Céran Lemonnier, 1839
9
Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
1 2c: from French fruict, from Latin fructus fruit, enjoyment. fruit bat o noun a large fructivorous bat of the Old World. fruit cage t> noun an enclosure with mesh sides and roof to protect growing fruit and vegetables from birds, etc. t> noun 1 a ...
10
Creation and evolution
Also the fact that all known human-like forms from the Pleistocene Epoch were pronouncedly carnivorous argues for an early paradise. In paradise man was recognizably not pronouncedly carnivorous or omniverous, but more fructivorous.
J. Lever, 1958

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRUCTIVOROUS»

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All the Insane Australian Fruit You Can Eat
In recent decades, Americans have extended our fructivorous tastes beyond the trusty apple, orange and banana. But the world's tropical ... «Smithsonian, Oct 12»

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