Food Habits of Animal Vocabulary

S.No	Word	Meaning in English
1	Herbivores	Animals that eat plants.
2	Carnivores	Animals that eat flesh.
3	Omnivores	Animals that eat both plants and flesh.
4	Scavenger	Animals that eat dirt and decaying flesh.
5	Cannibal	Animals that eat their own species.
6	Predator	Animals that run and catch their prey.
7	Decomposer	Animals that convert complex substances into simpler forms.
8	Symbiotic	Means ‘living together’. They can be of following types—
	Parasitic	One is benefitted, other is harmed.
	Mutualistic	Both are benefitted.
	Commensal	One is benefitted, other is not harmed.
9	Graminivore	Animals that eat grasses.
10	Frugivores	Animals that eat fruit.