frugívoro
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin frugivorus (“fruit-eater”). By surface analysis, frugi- + -voro.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: fru‧gí‧vo‧ro
=== Adjective ===
frugívoro (feminine frugívora, masculine plural frugívoros, feminine plural frugívoras)
(ecology) frugivorous (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit)
=== Noun ===
frugívoro m (plural frugívoros)
(ecology) frugivore (animal that eats mostly fruit)
Synonym: carpófago
==== Related terms ====
fruto
frugivoria
frugivorismo
=== Further reading ===
“frugívoro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“frugívoro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /fɾuˈxiboɾo/ [fɾuˈxi.β̞o.ɾo]
Rhymes: -iboɾo
Syllabification: fru‧gí‧vo‧ro
=== Adjective ===
frugívoro (feminine frugívora, masculine plural frugívoros, feminine plural frugívoras)
(ecology) frugivorous (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit)
=== Noun ===
frugívoro m (plural frugívoros)
(ecology) frugivore (animal that eats mostly fruit)
=== Further reading ===
“frugívoro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025