frugivorous
adjective
frugivorous is spelled F-R-U-G-I-V-O-R-O-U-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, frugivorous means “Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in frugivorous?
| Letters | 11: F-R-U-G-I-V-O-R-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is frugivorous?
Frugivorous appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of frugivorous
- more frugivorous comparative
- most frugivorous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does frugivorous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
Although the vampire bat is known for feeding on blood, most species of bat eat insects, and many are frugivorous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Frugivorous in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having a diet that consists mostly of fruit:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does frugivorous come from?
From Latin frūx (“fruit”) + -vorous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).