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larvivorous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lar-viv-o-rous
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That feed on the larvae of insects

Etymology

From larva + -vorous.

Inflected Forms

more larvivorous (comparative) most larvivorous (superlative)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does larvivorous mean?
That feed on the larvae of insects
Where does larvivorous come from?
From larva + -vorous.

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