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saprovore

saprovore noun: any organism that feeds on detritus.

Noun

saprovore (plural saprovores)

  1. Any organism that feeds on detritus

saprovore meaning in Kannada

saprovore in Kannada

ಕೊಳೆಭಕ್ಷಕ

Forms of saprovore

pluralsaprovores

Origin of saprovore

From Ancient Greek σαπρός (saprós, “putrid”) and Latin vorō (“to devour”).

Questions about saprovore

What does saprovore mean?
Saprovore means any organism that feeds on detritus.
What is saprovore in Kannada?
Saprovore in Kannada is ಕೊಳೆಭಕ್ಷಕ. See Saprovore meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is saprovore?
Saprovore is a noun.
What is the plural of saprovore?
The plural of saprovore is saprovores.

Words near saprovore in the dictionary

  1. saprotrophic
  2. saprotrophically
  3. saprotrophism
  4. saprotrophs
  5. saprotrophy
  6. saprovore
  7. saprovores
  8. saprovorous
  9. saproxanthin
  10. saproxylic
  11. saproxylics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saprovore (page history and authors); saprovore (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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