-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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