Etymology

formicivorous

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Today it means: Feeding on ants. Full definition →

Latin formīca
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromformīca“ant”
  2. English todayformicivorous

From Latin formīca (“ant”) + -vorous.

Words from the same roots

Latinformīca all →

formicformylformication-formformicanformicantformicarianformicariumformicaryformicideformicophilia

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