vor-, vora-, -vore, -vorous, -vores, -vora, -vory +
(Latin: eat, eating, consume, ingest, devour)
graminivorous, graminivore, graminivory
Eating grass (or feeding on grass).
granivorous, granivore, granivory
Eating and subsisting on seeds.
herbicarnivorous, herbicarnivore, herbicarnivory
Living on or eating both vegetables and animal-meat as sources of food.
Herbivora
A general name for animals, especially mammals, that feed on herbage or plants.
Herbivores
All organisms, including animals, which feed only, or mainly, on plant materials.
herbivorous, herbivore, herbivory
1. Feeding exclusively or mainly on plants.
2. Eating or subsisting on herbs.
2. Herb-eating; applied to those animals that feed naturally on herbage or the leaves of plants.
hominivorous
Devouring or eating human beings.
hominivorus
1. Devouring or feeding upon human beings.
2. The consumption or devouring of human beings.
Insectivora
An order of small, terrestrial mammals, including the moles and shrews, which feed primarily on insects and other invertebrates.
They are mostly of small size, and their molar teeth have sharp cusps. Most of the species burrow in the earth, and many of those of cold climates hibernate in winter.
The order includes the moles, shrews, hedgehogs, tanrecs (small insectivore, native of Madagascar), and allied animals, also the colugo (arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines).
insectivore
1. Any of various small, principally nocturnal mammals of the order
Insectivora, characteristically feeding chiefly on insects and including the shrews, moles, and hedgehogs.
2. An organism that feeds mainly on insects.
Although individually small, insects exist in enormous numbers and make up a very large part of the animal biomass in almost all non-marine environments.
In Queensland, Australia, pastures; for example, it is normal to have a greater total weight of Scarabaeidae larvae under the surface of the ground than of the beef cattle grazing above it.
A great many creatures depend on insects as their primary diet, and many that do not (and are thus not technically insectivores) nevertheless use insects as a protein supplement, particularly when they are breeding.
insectivorous, insectivory
1. Feeding or subsisting on insects, adapted to feeding on insects.
2. An animal or plant that eats insects.
Plants that have specialized leaves or leaf parts capable of trapping and digesting insects; such as, the Venus's flytrap, the pitcher plants, and the sundews.
These insectivorous birds are examples of insectivory consumers.
lactivorous, lactivore, lactivory
Feeding on or consuming milk as a source of food.
larvivorous, larvivore, larvivory
Feeding on, or eating, larvae.
leguminivorous, leguminivore, leguminivory
Eating beans, peas, and other legumes.
lichenivorous, lichenivore, lichenivory
Feeding on lichen as a source of food.
Related "eat, eating" word units:
brycho-;
esculent-;
esophago-;
glutto-;
phago-.
Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "food, nutrition, nourishment":
alimento-;
broma-;
carno-;
cibo-;
esculent-;
sitio-;
tropho-;
Eating Crawling Snacks;
Eating: Carnivorous-Plant "Pets";
Eating: Folivory or Leaf Eaters;
Eating: Omnivorous.
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