-vore
See also: vore
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Latin vorare (“to devour”).
Suffix edit
-vore
Derived terms edit
specific diets
- corallivore - corals
- detritivore - decomposing material
- folivore, frondivore - leaves
- fructivore, frugivore - fruit
- graminivore - grass
- granivore - seeds
- humivores - dark brown part of soil that consists of decomposed plants and animals (compost).
- insectivore - insects
- limnivore - mud
- lithovore - rocks and minerals
- molluscivore - molluscs
- mucivore - plant juices
- mycovore - fungi
- nectarivore - nectar
- palynivore - pollen
- piscivore - fish
- saprovore - dead or decaying matter
- sanguinivore - blood
- spongivore - sea sponges
- cytovore - Cytoplasma (Cellular)
Related terms edit
Translations edit
an animal identified by their kind of diet
See also edit
References edit
- Molles, Manuel C., Jr. (1999) Ecology: Concepts and Applications, International Edition edition, Dubuque: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., , →ISBN, page 510
- Smith, Robert Leo with Thomas M. Smith (2002) Elements of Ecology, Fourth edition, Singapore: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 567
- San Diego Zoo on "vores"
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-vore m (masculine and feminine, plural -vores)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “-vore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯o.re/, [u̯ɔrɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vo.re/, [vore] (stressed on the antepenult)
Suffix edit
-vore