Etymology

-vorous

Today it means: forming adjectives with the sense of ‘habitually eating, feeding on’ Full definition →

Latin -vorus
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  1. Latin · derived from-vorus
  2. English today-vorous

From Latin -vorus, equivalent to -vore + -ous.

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