Usually means: Eating primarily clay or mud.
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  1. limivorous: Merriam-Webster
  2. limivorous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. limivorous: Wordnik
  4. limivorous: Wiktionary
  5. limivorous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. limivorous: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. limivorous: Dictionary.com
  8. limivorous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  9. limivorous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (limivorous)

▸ adjective:  Eating mud or soil for organic matter in it.

Similar:
limicolous, saprophagic, luticolous, lichenivorous, saprophagous, pelophilous, detritivorous, invertivorous, lignivorous, detrivorous, more...

Opposite:
limnivorous, herbivorous, carnivorous, omnivorous

Types:
detritivore, omnivore, herbivore, carnivore, more...

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Similar:
limicolous, saprophagic, luticolous, lichenivorous, saprophagous, pelophilous, detritivorous, invertivorous, lignivorous, detrivorous, more...

Opposite:
limnivorous, herbivorous, carnivorous, omnivorous

Types:
detritivore, omnivore, herbivore, carnivore, more...



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