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29 Type of diet topics matching:
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| x Frugivore |
A frugivore is a fruit eater. It can be any type of herbivore, omnivore or carnivore where fruit is a preferred food type. Frugivory is a very common diet choice. For example, 20% of herbivorous mammals could be sub-classed as frugivore/herbivore if...
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| x Omnivore |
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Omnivores (from Latin: omne all, everything; vorare to devour) are species that eat both plants and animals as their primary food source. They are opportunistic, general feeders not specifically adapted to eat and digest either meat or plant...
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A herbivore is an animal that is adapted to eat plants and not meat.
Herbivory is a form of predation in which an organism consumes principally autotrophs such as plants, algae and photosynthesizing bacteria. By that definition, many fungi, some...
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An insectivore is a type of carnivore with a diet that consists chiefly of insects and similar small creatures.
Although individually small, insects exist in enormous numbers and make up a very large part of the animal biomass in almost all non...
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| x Sanguivore |
An organism, or organism classification, that feeds on blood.
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| x Mucivore |
An organism, or organism classification, that feeds on flies.
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| x Mellivore |
An organism, or organism classification, that feeds on honey.
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| x Nectarivore |
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In zoology, a nectarivore is an animal which eats the sugar-rich nectar produced by flowering plants. Most nectarivores are insects or birds, but there are also nectarivorous mammals, notably several species of bats in the Southwestern United States...
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| x Aphidivore |
An organism, or organism classification, that feeds on aphids.
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| x Gumivore |
An organism, or organism classification, that feeds on gums secreted by plants.
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| x Ambivore |
An organism, or organism classification, that feeds on grasses and broad leaf plants.
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| x Apivore |
An organism, or organism classification, that feeds on bees.
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| x Larvivore |
An organism, or organism classification, that feeds on larvae.
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| x Erucivore |
An organism, or organism classification, that feeds on caterpillars.
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| x Phytisuccivore |
An organism, or organism classification, that feeds on plant sap.
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| x Lignivore |
An organism, or organism classification, that feeds on wood.
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| x Myrmevore |
An organism, or organism classification, that feeds on ants.
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| x Forbivore |
An organism, or organism classification, that feeds on forbs (herbaceous flowering plants that are not graminoids).
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| x Nucivore |
An organism, or organism classification, that feeds on nuts.
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| x Radicivore |
An organism, or organism classification, that feeds on roots.
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| x Graminivore |
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In zoology, a graminivore (not to be confused a granivore) is an herbivorous animal that feeds primarily on grass (specifically "true" grasses; plants of the family Poaceae). The word is derived from Latin graminis, meaning "grass", and vorare,...
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| x Piscivore |
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A piscivore is a carnivorous animal which lives on eating fish.
Some animals, like the sea lion, or alligator, are not completely piscivores, while others, like the Aquatic Genet, are strictly dependent on fish for food. The name piscivore is...
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| x Folivore |
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In zoology, a folivore is a herbivore that specializes in eating leaves. Mature leaves contain a high proportion of hard-to-digest cellulose, relatively little energy, and often toxic compounds.. For this reason folivorous animals tend to have long...
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In zoology, a granivore is an herbivorous animal which selectively eats the nutrient-rich seeds produced by plants, including those of gymnosperms. Most true granivores are insects or birds or mammals. The former group includes many different kinds...
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| x Ranivore |
Ranivores are animals that eat frogs.
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| x Carnivore |
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A carnivore (pronounced /ˈkɑrnɪvɔər/), meaning 'meat eater' (Latin carne meaning 'flesh' and vorare meaning 'to devour'), is an animal that derives its energy and nutrient requirements from a diet consisting mainly or exclusively of vertebrate and...
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