-vore
See also: Appendix:Variations of "vore"
English
[edit]Etymology
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Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃éh₂
Proto-Italic *worā
English -vore
From Latin vorare (“to devour”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /-vɔː(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file)
Suffix
[edit]-vore (noun-forming suffix, plural -vores)
Derived terms
[edit]specific diets
- amphibivore - amphibians
- corallivore - corals
- cytovore - cytoplasma (cellular)
- detritivore - decomposing material
- folivore, frondivore - leaves
- fructivore, frugivore - fruit
- graminivore - grass
- granivore - seeds
- humivore - 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
- rodentivore - rodents
- sanguinivore - blood
- saprovore - dead or decaying matter
- spongivore - sea sponges
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, 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]Borrowed from Latin -vorus, from Latin vorare (“to devour”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-vore m (noun-forming suffix, plural -vores)
-vore (adjective-forming suffix, 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 Latin) IPA(key): [wɔ.rɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vo.re] (stressed on the antepenult)
Suffix
[edit]-vore
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