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The
suffix '-vore' comes from the
Latin word ''vorare'', meaning ''to devour'', and is used to form
nouns indicating what kind of a
diet an animal has. Equivalent adjectives can be formed through use of the suffix '-vorous'.
The following is a list of words ending in vore, as well what kind of diet the word indicates.
General
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Carnivore - meat only
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Herbivore - plants only
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Omnivore - plants and meat
Specific
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Corallivore - corals
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Detritivore - decomposing material
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Folivore,
frondivore - leaves
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Fructivore,
frugivore - fruit
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Graminivore - grass
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Granivore - seeds
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Humivores - dark brown part of soil that consists of decomposed plants and animals (compost).
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Insectivore - insects
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Limnivore - mud
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Lithovore - rocks and minerals
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Molluscivore - molluscs
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Mucivore - plant juices
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Mycovore - fungi
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Nectarivore - nectar
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Palynivore - pollen
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Piscivore - fish
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Saprovore - dead or decaying matter
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Sanguinivore - blood
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Spongivore - sea sponges
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Cytovore - Cytoplasma (Cellular)
See also
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Vorarephilia
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Phagy
References
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Ecology: Concepts and Applications, , Manuel C., Jr., Molles, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., , ISBN 0-07-042716-X
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Elements of Ecology, , Robert Leo, Smith, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., , ISBN 981-4119-31-8
External links
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San Diego Zoo on "vores"