-vorous
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Eating; feeding on:
吃；食用：
vermivorous.
食虫的
语源
- From Latin -vorus
源自 拉丁语 -vorus - from vorāre [to swallow, devour]
源自 vorāre [吞咽，吞食]
-vorous
combining form in adjective
feeding on or devouring
⇒
carnivorous
Derived Forms
-vore combining form in countable nounOrigin
from Latin -vorus; related to vorāre to swallow up, devour-vorous
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “eating, gaining sustenance from” that specified by the initial element:
carnivorous.
Origin
< Latin -vorus devouring; see -ous
Related Words
- -vore
- -vora
- apivorous
- baccivorous
- carnivorous
- frugivorous
-vorousa word element meaning 'eating', as in carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous.
[Latin -vorus devouring]-vorous
adjective combining form
frugivorous
adjective combining form
ETYMOLOGY Latin -vorus, from vorare to devour
: eating : feeding onfrugivorous
-vorous
combining form
- feeding on a specified food表示“食…的”, “以…为食的”：
-
carnivorous
herbivorous.
派生词
-vora /vərə/ combining form
in corresponding names of groups
［用于相应群体名称中］
-vore /vɔː/ combining form
in corresponding names of individuals within such groups
［用于相应群体中的个体名称中］
词源
from Latin -vorus （from vorare 'devour'） + -OUS .
1837 Murray VitalPrinc. 5A very singular appetite..at once terrivorous and metallivorous.
-vorous
word-forming element meaning "eating," from Latin -vorous, from stem of vorare "to devour" (see voracity).
ORIGIN: Repr. Latin -vorus , from vorare devour: see -ous -vore
-vo·rous
\v(ə)rəs\ adjective combining form
Etymology: Latin -vorus, from vorare to devour — more at voracious
: eating : feeding on
< carnivorous >
< piscivorous >
< carnivorous >
< piscivorous >
-vorous
Suffix
- forming adjectives with the sense of ‘habitually eating, feeding on’
Etymology
Latin -vorus + English -ous