vor-, vora-, -vore, -vorous, -vores, -vora, -vory +
(Latin: eat, eating, consume, ingest, devour)
serpentivorous
Eating serpents; such as, snakes, lizards, etc.
stercovorous
A reference to certain insects that eat dung or excrement.
uncarnivorous
Non-meat eater.
univorous, univore, univory
1. The eating of just one kind of food or eating just once a day.
2. A reference to a host-specific parasite.
vermivorous, vermivore
Feeding or eating worms, grubs, or insect vermin; said especially of certain birds.
voracious, voraciousness
1. Consuming, or eager to consume, great amounts of food, ravenous.
2. Marked by an unsatisfied appetite for an activity or a pursuit, greedy; such as, a voracious reader or a voracious writer.
voracity
The quality or character of being voracious; greediness in eating.
xylivore, xylivory
Feeding on or consuming wood.
xylivorous
Eating wood as is done by some insects.
zoosuccivorous, zoosuccivore, zoosuccivory
1. A reference to organisms that feed on liquid secretions of animals.
2. An organism that sucks the blood or other fluid from animal bodies.
3. Feeding on decaying animal matter.
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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