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-vorous
- a combining form meaning “eating, gaining sustenance from” that specified by the initial element:
carnivorous.
-vorous
combining form
- feeding on or devouring
carnivorous
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Derived Forms
- -vore, combining_form:in_noun:countable
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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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