aurivorous,a.|ɔːˈrɪvərəs| [f. L. auri-, comb. form of aurum gold + -vorus devouring.] Gold-devouring, feeding on gold. 1783H. Walpole Lett. C'tess Ossory I. 151 Man is an aurivorous animal.1845Ford Handbk. Spain vi. 465 The most aurivorous..population of the peninsula.