devourer
Americannoun
plural
devourersExample Sentences
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That species is the zombie worm, formally known as "the bone devourer" Osedax.
From Science Daily • Dec. 28, 2025
In comic books, Galactus is known as the devourer of worlds.
From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2022
In Egyptian mythology, Ammit, or Ammut, is described as a monstrous deity and the devourer of hearts and the dead.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2022
The devourer of young adult and coming-of-age novels wanted more than her group’s sporadic get-togethers could deliver.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 11, 2018
“Do I surprise you, Amelia? Betsy, in public the devourer of novels, in secret a woman of great ambition?”
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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