-vorous

English

Etymology

From Latin -vorus + -ous.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vəɹəs/

Suffix

-vorous

  1. forming adjectives with the sense of ‘habitually eating, feeding on’

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -vorous
algivorous
ambivorous
amphivorous
animalivorous
apivorous
arachnivorous
aurivorous
avivorous
baccivorous
bactivorous
bananivorous
calcivorous
cancrivorous
corallivorous
detritivorous
diatomivorous
faunivorous
florivorous
formicivorous
fructivorous
frugivorous
fucivorous
fumivorous
fungivorous
granivorous
ichthyovorous
infovorous
insectivorous
invertivorous
jellyvorous
lactivorous
larvivorous
lichenivorous
lignivorous
limivorous
merdivorous
microbivorous
multivorous
nectarivorous
nucivorous
omnivorous
oryzivorous
ossivorous
ovivorous
phytosuccivorous
piscivorous
planktivorous
plantivorous
plastivorous
plurivorous
pollinivorous
quercivorous
radicivorous
reptilivorous
sanguivorous
seminivorous
stercovorous
succivorous
teuthivorous
univorous
vegetivorous
virivorous
xylivorous
zooplanktivorous

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