The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phytivorous
Phytivorous \Phy*tiv"o*rous\, a. [Phyto- + L. vorare to eat
greedily.]
Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous; as, phytivorous
animals.
--Ray.
Wiktionary
phytivorous
a. Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous.
Usage examples of "phytivorous".
Squamous river fish, phytivorous birds of long wings, rapacious beasts of the cat-kind—anyway, as I drew up all of these lists and tables, it occurred to me that (going back to Genesis, sixth chapter, verses fifteen through twenty-two) Noah must have found a way to fit all of these creatures into one gopher-wood tub three hundred cubits long!