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Definition of Carpophagous
1. Adjective. Feeding on fruit.
Definition of Carpophagous
1. a. Living on fruits; fruit-consuming.
Definition of Carpophagous
1. Adjective. Living on fruits; fruit-eating. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpophagous
Literary usage of Carpophagous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The system of nature by Edward Newman (1843)
"... often used to hold food, but, in such instances, assuming the office without
the structure of hands; almost entirely phytophagous, mostly carpophagous. ..."
2. The Island World of the Pacific Ocean by Charles Marion Tyler, Howard & Pariser (1885)
"... and the echoes ring with the shrill cries of parrots and lories, and the
murmurs of carpophagous pigeons. Animal life is not so abundant as vegetable. ..."
3. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... clavicles are distinct from each other and from the coracoid in some Ground
Parrots and carpophagous Doves ( Columba galeata, eg). The scapula, fig. ..."
4. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1854)
"On the Economy of a South American species of the Coleopterous genus Upis, with
a few Remarks on carpophagous Insects in general.—Trans. Entom. Soc. II. p. ..."
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