vor-, vora-, -vore, -vorous, -vores, -vora, -vory
(Latin: eat, eating; consume, consuming; ingest, ingesting; devour, devouring; feeding on)
sanguivore (verb), sanguivores; sanguivored; sanguivoring
To feed on blood; such as, vampire bats, mosquitoes, leeches, ticks, fleas, etc.
sanguivorous (adjective), more sanguivorous, most sanguivorous
sanguivory (adjective)
saprovore
Absorbing nutrients from dead or decaying organic matter.
saprovorous
seminivorous
Eating or feeding on seeds.
serpentivorous (adjective), more serpentivorous, most serpentivorous
A reference to the eating of ophidians, lizards, etc.: There are many serpentivorous creatures that prey on serpents; including, birds and animals.
stercovorous
A reference to certain insects that eat dung or excrement.
uncarnivorous
Non-meat eater.
univore
univorous
1. The eating of just one kind of food or eating just once a day.
2. A reference to a host-specific parasite.
2. A reference to a host-specific parasite.
univory (adjective)
Those who consume or devour words: "The student claimed that she was a verbivore because she was continuously looking for more words to add to her lists."
vermivore
vermivorous
Feeding or eating worms, grubs, or insect vermin; said especially of certain birds.
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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