Feeding on or subsisting primarily on fruit; describing animals or organisms that eat fruit as their main diet.
From Latin 'frux' (fruit) + 'vorare' (to devour) + '-ous' (adjective suffix). The term became popular in zoological and botanical scientific writing in the 18th-19th centuries.
Many animals we think of as omnivores—like bears and humans—are actually frugivorous for part of the year, switching to fruit when it's available because it's an energy-dense food that requires minimal hunting effort.
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