vor-, vora-, -vore, -vorous, -vores, -vora, -vory +
(Latin: eat, eating, consume, ingest, devour)
algivorous
Ingesting or eating algae.
ambivorous, ambivore, ambivory
Feeding on grasses and broad-leaved plants.
amphivore, amphivory, amphivorous
Eating both animal and vegetable foods;
omnivorous.
This young boy is an example of an amphivorous consumer.
aphidivorous, aphidivore, aphidivory
Feeding on, or devouring, aphids.
apivorous, apivore, apivory
Eating bees; bee eater.
arachnivorous
Eating or feeding on spiders.
aurivorous
Feeding on or devouring gold.
baccivorous
Berry-eating; living chiefly on berries.
batrachivorous
Bottom-feeding water creatures; such as, certain fish.
brychocarnivorous, brykocarnivorous
1. Eating meat with a lot of noise and greed.
2. Tearing and ripping meat into pieces while in the process of eating it; for example, hyenas which primarily feed as scavengers.
brychomnivorous, brykomnivorous
1. When referring to people, eating in a noisy, uncouth, or barbaric manner.
2. Animals which eat in a wild or noisy way.
calcivore, calcivorous, calcivory
A reference to plants living on limestone or in soils rich in calcium salts. Applied to forms such as some lichens and Mollusca that erode or borrow in limestone.
cancrivorous
Feeding on crabs.
Carnivora
A diverse order of terrestrial and aquatic carnivorous mammals consisting of ten families grouped into suborders.
- Caniformia including Canidae (dogs, foxes)
- Ursidae (bears)
- Otariidae (sealions)
- Ailuropodidae (giant panda)
- Procyonidae (racoons)
- Mustelidae (weasels, otters)
- Phocidae (hair seals)
- Feliformia including Felidae (cats)
- Viverridae (civets)
- Hyaenidae (hyaenas)
carnivoracity
Having a greediness of appetite for flesh (meat).
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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