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-vore
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Appendix:Variations of "vore"
English
Etymology
en :der la:vorō 1
en ine-pro *gʷerh₃-
From en la vorare to devour.
Pronunciation
en /-vɔː(ɹ)/
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Suffix
s
An organism, usually animal, identified by its kind of diet.
Derived terms
en
en general diets en carnivore - meat only en herbivore - plants only en omnivore - plants and meat
en specific diets en amphibivore - amphibians en corallivore - corals en detritivore - decomposing material en folivore, en frondivore - leaves en fructivore, en frugivore - fruit en graminivore - grass en granivore - seeds en humivore - dark brown part of soil that consists of decomposed plants and animals (compost). en insectivore - insects en limnivore - mud en lithovore - rocks and minerals en molluscivore - molluscs en mucivore - plant juices en mycovore - fungi en nectarivore - nectar en palynivore - pollen en piscivore - fish en rodentivore - rodents en saprovore - dead or decaying matter en sanguinivore - blood en spongivore - sea sponges en cytovore - cytoplasma (cellular)
Related terms
en -vorous
Translations
an animal identified by their kind of diet
Arabic: ar آكِل m
Catalan: ca -vor m
German: de -vore m
Greek: el -φάγος m f, el -βόρος m f
Hungarian: hu evő -evő
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk -єд m
Polish: pl -żerca m
Portuguese: pt -voro
Swedish: sv -ätare c
See also
en -phagy
References
Molles Manuel C., Jr. Ecology: Concepts and Applications The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. International 1999 Dubuque 510 QH541.M65 0-07-042716-X
Smith Robert Leo Thomas M. Smith Elements of Ecology Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. Fourth 2002 Singapore 567 981-4119-31-8
San Diego Zoo on "vores"
Anagrams
en eorv Over over over- rove
French
Etymology
fr :lbor la:-vorus
fr la -vorus, from fr la vorō vorāre to devour.
Pronunciation
fr -vores
Suffix
m
en -vore
-vorous
Derived terms
fr
Further reading
Latin
Pronunciation
-vore stressed on the antepenult
Suffix
la suffix form
la -vorus voc m s