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-viridae

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• -virinae

  -virinae suff. subfamily of viruses: oncovirinae.

• -visaged

  adjective (in combination) having a visage as specified flat-visaged

• -vora

  a combining form meaning “ones that eat” what is specified by the initial element, used especially in the names of zoological orders: carnivora.

• -vore

  a combining form meaning “one that eats” what is specified by the initial element: carnivore. compare -vora, -vorous.

• -vorous

  a combining form meaning “eating, gaining sustenance from” that specified by the initial element: carnivorous. -vorous combining form feeding on or devouring carnivorous derived forms -vore, combining_form:in_noun:countable word origin from latin -vorus; related to vorāre to swallow up, devour -vorous comb form meaning “eating,” from l. -vorous, from stem of vorare “to devour” (see voracious).

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