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-vorous

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

Origin:
< Latin -vorus devouring; see -ous

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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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-vorous

comb form meaning "eating," from L. -vorous, from stem of vorare "to devour" (see voracious).

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