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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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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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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 © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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