Etymology

pupivorous

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Today it means: Feeding on the pupae (or larvae) of insects. Full definition →

Latin vorare
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvorare“to devour”
  2. English todaypupivorous

From pupa + -i- + Latin vorare (“to devour”).

Words from the same roots

Latinvorare all →

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