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a combining form meaning “one that eats” what is specified by the initial element: carnivore.
Compare -vora, -vorous.

Origin:
< French < Latin -vorus -vorous
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-vore is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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-vorous
 
—adj combining form
feeding on or devouring: carnivorous
 
[from Latin -vorus; related to vorāre to swallow up, devour]
 
-vore
 
—n combining form

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