-vore
See also: vore
English
Etymology
Suffix
-vore
Derived terms
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specific diets
- corallivore - corals
- detritivore - decomposing material
- folivore, frondivore - leaves
- fructivore, frugivore - fruit
- graminivore - grass
- granivore - seeds
- humivores - 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
- saprovore - dead or decaying matter
- sanguinivore - blood
- spongivore - sea sponges
- cytovore - Cytoplasma (Cellular)
Related terms
Translations
an animal identified by their kind of diet
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See also
References
- Molles, Manuel C., Jr. (1999) Ecology: Concepts and Applications, International Edition edition, Dubuque: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., →ISBN, page 510
- Smith, Robert Leo; Thomas M. Smith (2002) Elements of Ecology, Fourth Edition edition, Singapore: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 567
- San Diego Zoo on "vores"
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔʁ/
- Homophone: -vores
Suffix
-vore m (masculine and feminine, plural -vores)
Derived terms
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /wo.re/, [wɔ.rɛ] (stressed on the antepenult)
Suffix
-vore
- vocative masculine singular of -vorus
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