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vorous (iou)



-vorous suffix. Also (see below) -ivorous.
[Repr. Latin -vorus, from vorare devour: see -OUS. Cf. -VORE.]
Forming (usu. with intermediate -I-) adjectives with the sense 'devouring, feeding on', as carnivorous, insectivorous, omnivorous.