a. rare. [f. L. cibāri-us (see above) + -OUS.] ‘Relating to food; useful for food, edible’ (J.).
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Cibarious, pertaining to meat, fit to be eaten. [So in Phillips and Bailey, vol. II.]
1856–8. W. Clark, Van der Hoeven’s Zool., I. 657. Foot-jaws small, not covering the cibarious organs.
