-vore

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Biology prefixes and suffixes

-ase

myco- / -mycete

-phag-

phyto- / -phyte

-vor-

zoo- / -zoan

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.

1 General
2 Specific
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] General

Carnivore - meat
Herbivore - plants
Omnivore - plants and meat

[edit] Specific

Corallivore - corals
Detritivore - decomposing material
Folivore - leaves
Frugivore - fruit
Granivore - seeds
Insectivore - insects
Limnivore - mud
Molluscivore - molluscs
Mucivore - plant juices
Mycovore - fungi
Nectarivore - nectar
Palynivore - pollen
Piscivore - fish
Sanguinivore - blood
Spongivore - sea sponges
Lithovore - rocks and minerals

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Molles, Manuel C., Jr. (1999). Ecology: Concepts and Applications, International Edition, Dubuque: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 510pp. DOI:QH541.M65. ISBN 0-07-042716-X.

Smith, Robert Leo; Thomas M. Smith (2002). Elements of Ecology, Fourth Edition, Singapore: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 567pp. ISBN 981-4119-31-8.