a. [f. L. frūgi-, frux fruit + -vorus devouring + -OUS.] Eating or feeding on fruit. Hence Frugivorousness (Bailey, 1727–36).
1713. Derham, Phys. Theol., VII. ii. 384. Suited to various Foods, some Membranaceous, agreeable to the frugivorous or carnivorous kind.
1791. W. Bartram, Carolina, 302. This bird having a remarkable thick, strong bill, more like the frugivorous tribes.
1809. Syd. Smith, in Edin. Rev., April, 147. Philippics against frugivorous children after dinner, are too common.
1873. E. Smith, Foods, 86. A small monkey (Cercopithecus griseoviridis) and a frugivorous bat are eaten as delicacies in Zanzibar.
