Fruit-eater

Quick meaning: Fruit-eater is a noun meaning One who eats fruit.

Meaning

One who eats fruit.

Example Sentences

But he is a great fruit-eater. I have told you before of the British pie.

These are legitimate fruit-eaters, furthering the plant's evolutionary compromise of providing food in exchange for dispersal. A seasonally available fruit is of only passing significance to an opportunist fruit-eater, but the fruit-eater may be of paramount importance to the plant that produces the fruit, and plants may become adapted to exploiting such animals as agents for seed dispersal.

Word Forms

• fruit-eaters
• fruiteater

Synonyms for fruit-eater

Depending on context, synonyms include frugivore.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fruiteater, fructiculturist, fruitseller, fruitmonger, fruiterer, fruitgrower.

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