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
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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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