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Recent Examples of herbivorous
Footprints were left by herbivorous dinosaurs A surveyor found the slab containing the most footprints in 2002, the researchers wrote in the paper.
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
From the herbivorous Lystrosaurus (not a dinosaur), which looked something like a walrus with legs and a shovel face, to the carnivorous chroniosuchians that resembled giant lizards and fed on insects and small amphibians, the refugium in what is now Xinjiang kept life going.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2025
Research shows that some extinct types of crocodiles were herbivorous.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Sauropods were massive, herbivorous dinosaurs known for their long necks and tails, four-legged build, and small heads.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Feb. 2025
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
From the herbivorous Lystrosaurus (not a dinosaur), which looked something like a walrus with legs and a shovel face, to the carnivorous chroniosuchians that resembled giant lizards and fed on insects and small amphibians, the refugium in what is now Xinjiang kept life going.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2025
Research shows that some extinct types of crocodiles were herbivorous.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Sauropods were massive, herbivorous dinosaurs known for their long necks and tails, four-legged build, and small heads.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for herbivorous
vegetarian
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The menu skews toward meat, but there are vegetarian options as well.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
6 June 2025
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Therefore, the blood type diet recommends that people with type A blood eat a primarily vegetarian diet.4 Type B D'Adamo's theory is that type B blood developed in the Himalayan highlands in what is present-day India and Pakistan.—
Patty Weasler,
Verywell Health,
5 June 2025
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“Herbivorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herbivorous. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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