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Maiden Vegan serves vegan tasting menus that will satisfy herbivores and carnivores alike.
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Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2024
Though not known for sure, it’s believed that Carcharodontosaurus and similar species feasted upon the soaring sauropods, giant herbivores that roamed the Earth at the same time.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2024
Tortoises are herbivores and eat native desert grasses, leafy plants and flowers.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
But pollen samples from the interglacial period about 115,000 to 130,000 years ago have now revealed a mixture of grassland and light-woodland biomes, perhaps maintained by large herbivores such as elephants that trampled or fed on smaller trees.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2024
Though not known for sure, it’s believed that Carcharodontosaurus and similar species feasted upon the soaring sauropods, giant herbivores that roamed the Earth at the same time.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2024
Tortoises are herbivores and eat native desert grasses, leafy plants and flowers.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
But pollen samples from the interglacial period about 115,000 to 130,000 years ago have now revealed a mixture of grassland and light-woodland biomes, perhaps maintained by large herbivores such as elephants that trampled or fed on smaller trees.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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“Herbivore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herbivore. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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herbivore
noun
her·bi·vore
ˈ(h)ər-bə-ˌvō(ə)r 
-ˌvȯ(ə)r
: a plant-eating animal
Medical Definition
herbivore
noun
her·bi·vore
ˈ(h)ər-bə-ˌvō(ə)r
-ˌvȯ(ə)r
-ˌvȯ(ə)r
: a plant-eating animal
especially
: ungulate
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