-vorouscomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly, e.g. terrivorous Brit.

/tɛˈrɪv(ə)rəs/,

/tᵻˈrɪv(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/təˈrɪv(ə)rəs/.

Etymology: After Latin -vorus devouring, eating (compare vorāre to devour) in carnivorus, omnivorus (both used by Pliny).

Forming adjectives. The commoner English examples mainly date from the 17th cent., as carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous, phytivorous (also granivorous, ossivorous, piscivorous); later instances are graminivorous (1739), metallivorous, offivorous (1713), serpentivorous (1882), and terrivorous.

ΚΠ

1837 Murray Vital Princ. 5 A very singular appetite..at once terrivorous and metallivorous.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	-vorous
释义	-vorouscomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly, e.g. terrivorous Brit. /tɛˈrɪv(ə)rəs/, /tᵻˈrɪv(ə)rəs/, U.S. /təˈrɪv(ə)rəs/. Etymology: After Latin -vorus devouring, eating (compare vorāre to devour) in carnivorus, omnivorus (both used by Pliny). Forming adjectives. The commoner English examples mainly date from the 17th cent., as carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous, phytivorous (also granivorous, ossivorous, piscivorous); later instances are graminivorous (1739), metallivorous, offivorous (1713), serpentivorous (1882), and terrivorous. ΚΠ 1837 Murray Vital Princ. 5 A very singular appetite..at once terrivorous and metallivorous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < comb. form1837
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