Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faunivore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fau-ni-vore
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any animal that eats other animals.

Etymology

Etymology tree English fauna Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃éh₂ Proto-Italic *worā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vorōder. English -vore English faunivore From fauna + -vore.

Inflected Forms

faunivores (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

faunivorous faunivory carnivore hypercarnivore

Questions

What does faunivore mean?: Any animal that eats other animals.
Where does faunivore come from?: Etymology tree English fauna Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃éh₂ Proto-Italic *worā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vorōder. English -vore English faunivore From fauna + -vore.

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