fruit-eater

Consumer of botanical ovaries

A fruit-eater is an animal whose diet consists primarily of fruit.

The term applies to many birds, bats, and primates.

In casual use, it can describe a person who eats mainly fruit: My sister's become a strict fruit-eater.

The scientific term is frugivore.

animal

frugivore

Animal eating mainly fruit

  • batFlying mammal or sports club
  • monkeyTailed primate mammal
  • parrotSpeech-mimicking tropical bird

toucan · orangutan · gorilla · chimpanzee · lemur · macaw · lorikeet · hornbill · cassowary · kinkajou

diet

fruitarian

One who eats only botanical ovaries

vitamins · antioxidants · fructose · hydration · digestion · smoothie · juice · fresh · ripe · seasonal

ecology

pollination

Flower reproductive transfer

rainforest · canopy · arboreal · mutualism · coevolution · tropical · dispersal · habitat · foraging · migration

nutrition

vitamins

Essential organic nutrients

magnesium · fructose · glucose · carbohydrates · calories · hydration · enzymes · phytonutrients · digestion · metabolism

Opposites
dietary food source

fruit-eatercarnivore

Creature eating only animals

meat-eater · predator · insectivore · scavenger · fish-eater

plant part consumed

fruit-eaterleaf-eater

Animal consuming plant foliage

nectarivore

Family

fruit, fruity, fruitful, fruitless, eater, fruited, dried fruit, fruition, fruiting

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G