ferrivorousadj.

Brit.

/fɛˈrɪv(ə)rəs/,

/fəˈrɪv(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/fəˈrɪv(ə)rəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: ferri- comb. form, -vorous comb. form.

Etymology: < ferri- comb. form + -vorous comb. form, after French ferrivore (1770 in the passage translated in quot. 1792, or earlier) or its etymon scientific Latin ferrivora ( P. Barrere Essai sur l'histoire naturelle de la France équinoxiale (1749) 133).

rare.

That eats or feeds on iron, or is thought to do so. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating iron

ferrivorous1792

1792 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds I. 366 Barrere has sometimes termed it the Heron, sometimes the ferrivorous Crane [Fr. une grue ferrivore].

1837 R. Southey Doctor IV. cxxviii. 297 The idiot of Ostend, who died at last in consequence of his appetite for iron... This poor creature was really ferrivorous.

1978 Smith No. 20. 57 The Mutant Monster was once just a garbage truck... Today it is not merely herbivorous and carnivorous but lignivorous and ferrivorous as well.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ferrivorous
释义	ferrivorousadj. Brit. /fɛˈrɪv(ə)rəs/, /fəˈrɪv(ə)rəs/, U.S. /fəˈrɪv(ə)rəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: ferri- comb. form, -vorous comb. form. Etymology: < ferri- comb. form + -vorous comb. form, after French ferrivore (1770 in the passage translated in quot. 1792, or earlier) or its etymon scientific Latin ferrivora ( P. Barrere Essai sur l'histoire naturelle de la France équinoxiale (1749) 133). rare. That eats or feeds on iron, or is thought to do so. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating iron ferrivorous1792 1792 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds I. 366 Barrere has sometimes termed it the Heron, sometimes the ferrivorous Crane [Fr. une grue ferrivore]. 1837 R. Southey Doctor IV. cxxviii. 297 The idiot of Ostend, who died at last in consequence of his appetite for iron... This poor creature was really ferrivorous. 1978 Smith No. 20. 57 The Mutant Monster was once just a garbage truck... Today it is not merely herbivorous and carnivorous but lignivorous and ferrivorous as well. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1792
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