Meanings
adjectivevermivorous (not comparable)
- not comparableFeeding on worms.
The venoms of some vermivorous species contain proteolytic enzymes which cause local necrosis at the site of injection in vertebrates.
1969, Frank E Firth, The Encyclopedia of Marine Resources
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with vermivorous
carnivorousherbivorousomnivorousinsectivorouspiscivorousalgivorousamphivorousaphidivorousaurivorousbaccivorouscanivorousdetritivorousequivorousfructivorousfrugivorousfucivorousfungivorousgraminivorousgranivoroushominivorouslarvivorouslichenivorouslignivorousnectarivorous
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Chicago
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