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-vorous

 
a combining form meaning “eating, gaining sustenance from” that specified by the initial element: carnivorous.
Origin:
< L -vorus devouring; see -ous
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-vorous  
suff.   Eating; feeding on: vermivorous.


[From Latin -vorus, from vorāre, to swallow, devour.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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-vorous 
comb form meaning "eating," from L. -vorous, from stem of vorare "to devour" (see voracious).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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