-vorous

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-vorous

/vəɹəs/

Where it comes from

From Latin -vorus, equivalent to -vore + -ous.

suffix more -vorous · most -vorous

morpheme forming adjectives with the sense of ‘habitually eating, feeding on’

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suffix habitually feeding on

Português	-voro
Deutsch	-vor

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"-vorous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-vorous.

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@misc{vorous_2026,
  title = {-vorous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-vorous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}