fucivorous
fucivorous adjective: feeding primarily on seaweeds.
Adjective
fucivorous (comparative more fucivorous, superlative most fucivorous)
- Feeding primarily on seaweeds.
- a common species of fucivorous sea turtle
Forms of fucivorous
| comparative | more fucivorous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fucivorous |
Origin of fucivorous
From Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos, “seaweed”), + -vorous.
Words that rhyme with fucivorous
- omnivorous
- carnivorous
- insectivorous
- algivorous
- amphivorous
- aphidivorous
- aurivorous
- baccivorous
- canivorous
- detritivorous
- equivorous
- fructivorous
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- frugivorous
- fungivorous
- graminivorous
- granivorous
- herbivorous
- hominivorous
- larvivorous
- lichenivorous
- lignivorous
- nectarivorous
- oryzivorous
- ovivorous
- phytivorous
- piscivorous
- planktivorous
- plantivorous
- plurivorous
- pollinivorous
- ranivorous
- sanguinivorous
- sanguivorous
- seminivorous
- uncarnivorous
- vegetivorous
- vermivorous
- zooplanktivorous
Questions about fucivorous
- What does fucivorous mean?
- Fucivorous means feeding primarily on seaweeds.
- What part of speech is fucivorous?
- Fucivorous is an adjective.
Words near fucivorous in the dictionary
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