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-vorous

  1. a combining form meaning “eating, gaining sustenance from” that specified by the initial element:

    carnivorous.



-vorous

combining form

  1. feeding on or devouring

    carnivorous

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • -vore, combining_form:in_noun:countable
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -vorous1

< Latin -vorus devouring; -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -vorous1

from Latin -vorus; related to vorāre to swallow up, devour

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