Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phytivorous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phy-tiv-o-rous
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Feeding on plants; herbivorous.

Example Sentences

"it is seen that even the carnivorous Tethys may be phytivorous"

Etymology

From phyto- + Latin vorare (“to eat greedily”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vorare

Rhymes With

carnivorous omnivorous herbivorous insectivorous piscivorous frugivorous sanguinivorous oryzivorous graminivorous granivorous aurivorous baccivorous

Questions

What does phytivorous mean?: Feeding on plants; herbivorous.
Where does phytivorous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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