Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

invasivore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-va-si-vore
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who makes a point of eating invasive species in an effort to reduce their ecological impact.

Example Sentences

"“Invasivore” diets were increasingly encouraged as a hopeful means of controlling unwanted species like lionfish, Asian carp, and green mitten crabs."
"Grab your shotgun and your frying pan, and let Eating Aliens be your guide to becoming the ultimate invasivore!"
"My first training in the way of the invasivore came a few months before I met Bun, when I sat in a Boston restaurant watching New Hampshire chef Evan Mallett plate buttermilk-poached-dogfish salads."

Etymology

From invasi(ve) + -vore.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: invasive

Inflected Forms

invasivores (plural)

Questions

What does invasivore mean?: A person who makes a point of eating invasive species in an effort to reduce their ecological impact.
Where does invasivore come from?: From invasi(ve) + -vore.

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