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a combining form meaning “ones that eat” what is specified by the initial element, used especially in the names of zoological orders: Carnivora.
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Origin of -vora
<Latin, neuter plural of -vorus-vorous
Words nearby -vora
Voodooism, voorkamer, voorskot, Voortrekker, VOR, -vora, voracious, voraciously, voracity, Vorarlberg, -vore
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