herbivora

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herbivora - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Herbivora \Her*biv"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. herba herb +
     vorare to devour.] (Zool.)
     An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the
     Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla,
     but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two
     latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon
     vegetation.
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