释义 |
-vorous
-vorous(word root) eatingExamples of words with the root -vorous: carnivorous-voroussuff. Eating; feeding on: vermivorous. [From Latin -vorus, from vorāre, to swallow, devour.]-vorous adj combining form feeding on or devouring: carnivorous. [from Latin -vorus; related to vorāre to swallow up, devour] -vore n combining form-vorous a combining form meaning “eating, gaining sustenance from” that specified by the initial element: carnivorous. [< Latin -vorus, derivative of vorāre to eat ravenously; see -ous] |