"-vore" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: From the Latin vorare (“to devour”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷerh₃-}}, {{der|en|la|vorare|t=to devour}} Latin vorare (“to devour”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix}} -vore
  1. An organism, usually animal, identified by its kind of diet. Tags: morpheme Related terms: -vorous, -phagy Translations (an animal identified by their kind of diet): آكِل (ʔākil) [masculine] (Arabic), -vor [masculine] (Catalan), -φάγος (-fágos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), -βόρος (-vóros) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), -evő (Hungarian), -ǣta [masculine] (Old English), -voro (Portuguese), -ätare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en--vore-en-suffix-COwdND-i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Derived forms: carnivore [meat, meats, food, lifestyle], herbivore (english: plants only), omnivore (english: plants and meat), corallivore (english: corals), detritivore (english: decomposing material), folivore, frondivore (english: leaves), fructivore, frugivore (english: fruit), graminivore (english: grass), granivore (english: seeds), humivores (english: dark brown part of soil that consists of decomposed plants and animals), insectivore [insects, entomology, biology, natural-sciences], limnivore (english: mud), lithovore (english: rocks and minerals), molluscivore (english: molluscs), mucivore (english: plant juices), mycovore - fungi, nectarivore (english: nectar), palynivore (english: pollen), piscivore [fish, ichthyology, zoology, biology, natural-sciences], saprovore (english: dead), decaying matter, sanguinivore (english: blood), spongivore (english: sea sponges), cytovore - Cytoplasma (english: Cellular)

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