-vorous

English

Etymology

From Latin -vorus + -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəɹəs/

Suffix

-vorous

1. forming adjectives with the sense of ‘habitually eating, feeding on’

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -vorous

algivorous

ambivorous

amphivorous

animalivorous

apivorous

arachnivorous

aurivorous

avivorous

baccivorous

bactivorous

bananivorous

calcivorous

cancrivorous

corallivorous

detritivorous

diatomivorous

faunivorous

florivorous

formicivorous

fructivorous

frugivorous

fucivorous

fumivorous

fungivorous

granivorous

ichthyovorous

infovorous

insectivorous

invertivorous

jellyvorous

lactivorous

larvivorous

lichenivorous

lignivorous

limivorous

merdivorous

microbivorous

multivorous

nectarivorous

nucivorous

omnivorous

oryzivorous

ossivorous

ovivorous

phytosuccivorous

piscivorous

planktivorous

plantivorous

plastivorous

plurivorous

pollinivorous

quercivorous

radicivorous

reptilivorous

sanguivorous

seminivorous

stercovorous

succivorous

teuthivorous

univorous

vegetivorous

virivorous

xylivorous

zooplanktivorous

• carnivorous
• graminivorous
• herbivorous
• infovorous
• locavorous
• plurivorous

Translations

habitually feeding on

• Portuguese: -voro

See also

• -vore
• -phagy