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Definitions

Suffix

1. 1
   Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on". morpheme

Synonyms

All synonyms

vorous

Etymology

From Latin -phagus, from Ancient Greek -φάγος (-phágos, “-eating”), from φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).

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