-vorous


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

Origin of -vorous

1
<Latin -vorus devouring; see -ous

Words Nearby -vorous

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British Dictionary definitions for -vorous

-vorous

adj combining form
  1. feeding on or devouring: carnivorous

Origin of -vorous

1
from Latin -vorus; related to vorāre to swallow up, devour

Derived forms of -vorous

  • -vore, n combining form

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