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

HSK 3

牛和羊都是食草动物。

Niú hé yáng dōu shì shícǎodòngwù.

Cows and sheep are both herbivores.

HSK 6

这片草原上生活着许多食草动物。

Zhè piàn cǎoyuán shàng shēnghuó zhe xǔduō shícǎodòngwù.

Many herbivores live on this grassland.

Tips

memory

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

Stroke Order

食 shí

草 cǎo

动 dòng

物 wù