carpófago

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καρπόφάγος (karpóphágos, “fruit-eater”). By surface analysis, carpo- +‎ -fago. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: car‧pó‧fa‧go === Adjective === carpófago (feminine carpófaga, masculine plural carpófagos, feminine plural carpófagas) (ecology) carpophagous (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit) === Noun === carpófago m (plural carpófagos) (ecology) carpophage (animal that eats mostly fruit) Synonym: frugívoro ==== Related terms ==== carpo carpofagia === Further reading === “carpófago”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “carpófago”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026