a. [Irreg. f. the stem veget- after herbivorous, etc.] Feeding on vegetables or plants.
1859. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., V. 304/1. The true vegetivorous genera [of marsupials] have a cæcum which is thrice as long as the body.
1881. Nature, XXIII. 406/1. Vegetivorous snails (Lymnaeus) eating young newts.
