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Herbivore vs Marsupial - What's the difference?

herbivore | marsupial |

As nouns the difference between herbivore and marsupial

is that herbivore is an organism that feeds chiefly on plants while marsupial is a mammal of which the female has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through early infancy, such as the kangaroo or koala, or else pouchless members of the marsupialia like the shrew opposum.

As an adjective marsupial is

of or pertaining to a marsupial.

herbivore

Noun

(en noun)
  • An organism that feeds chiefly on plants.
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  • Synonyms

    * phytophage * vegetarian, vegan (of people)

    Derived terms

    * herbivorous * herbivory

    See also

    * carnivore * folivore * frugivore * hemovore * insectivore * omnivore ----

    marsupial

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mammal of which the female has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through early infancy, such as the kangaroo or koala, or else pouchless members of the Marsupialia like the shrew opposum.
  • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * marsupial bone * marsupial frog * marsupial lion * marsupial mouse

    See also

    *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
  • * 1892 , The American naturalist? , page 125:
  • Showing that this animal is marsupial , consists of the following characters.
  • * 1952 , The Motor? , page 520:
  • It seemed to me, meandering around Earls Court, that motors should be more marsupial .
  • * 2002 , Fiction Fix: First Injection , page 58:
  • But there's this pouch just below my belly button, very marsupial , where the kangaroo lives.
  • (anatomy) Of or relating to a marsupium.
  • the marsupial bones