-vore

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Biology prefixes and suffixes
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myco- / -mycete
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phyto- / -phyte
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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.

Carnivore - meat
Detritivore - decomposing material
Folivore - leaves
Frugivore - fruit
Granivore - seeds
Herbivore - plants
Insectivore - insects
Limnivore - mud
Nectarivore - nectar
Mucivore - plant juices
Mycovore - fungi
Omnivore - plants and meat
Palynivore - pollen
Piscivore - fish
Sanguinivore - blood

External links

[San Diego Zoo on "vores"]

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