☞ The Lanius excubitor is the common butcher bird of Europe. In England, the bearded tit is sometimes called the
a. [ L. herbidus. ] Covered with herbs. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Herb + -ferous: cf. F. herbifére. ] Bearing herbs or vegetation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A herbalist. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. herba herb + vorare to devour. ] (Zool.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. herbivore. ] (Zool.) One of the Herbivora. P. H. Gosse. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. (Naut.) To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]