食草动物

食草動物

shícǎodòngwù

noun #35,061

Measure Word

一种食草动物 zhǒng

Meanings

1 herbivore
2 plant-eating animal

Characters

thing / creature

Examples

牛和羊都是食草动物。

Niú hé yáng dōu shì shícǎo dòngwù.

Cows and sheep are both herbivores.

这片草原上生活着许多食草动物。

Zhè piàn cǎoyuán shàng shēnghuózhe xǔduō shícǎo dòngwù.

Many herbivores live on this grassland.

Tips

memory

Built transparently: 食 (eat) + 草 (grass) + 动物 (animal). The opposite is 食肉动物 (shíròu dòngwù, 'eat-meat animal' — carnivore), and an omnivore is 杂食动物 (záshí dòngwù, 'mixed-eat animal').

Stroke Order

食 shí

草 cǎo

动 dòng

物 wù