frugívoro

See also: frugivoro

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin frugivorus (“fruit-eater”). By surface analysis, frugi- +‎ -voro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾuˈʒi.vo.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾuˈʒi.vo.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾuˈʒi.vo.ɾo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾuˈʒi.vu.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾuˈʒi.vu.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾuˈʒi.bu.ɾu/ [fɾuˈʒi.βu.ɾu]

• Hyphenation: fru‧gí‧vo‧ro

Adjective

frugívoro (feminine frugívora, masculine plural frugívoros, feminine plural frugívoras)

1. (ecology) frugivorous (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit)

Noun

frugívoro m (plural frugívoros)

1. (ecology) frugivore (animal that eats mostly fruit)

Synonyms

• carpófago

Related terms

• fruto
• frugivoria
• frugivorismo

Spanish

Adjective

frugívoro (feminine frugívora, masculine plural frugívoros, feminine plural frugívoras)

1. (ecology) frugivorous (having a diet that consists mostly of fruit)

Noun

frugívoro m (plural frugívoros)

1. (ecology) frugivore (animal that eats mostly fruit)

Further reading

• “frugívoro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014