virivore
virivore is the alternative form of virovore.
Meaning of virovore
Noun
virovore (plural virovores)
- An organism whose diet is primarily composed of viruses
- Curtis Suttle, a microbial ecologist who led several early studies on protists that might eat viruses, said his team’s unpublished experiments suggested that certain choanozoa could be die-hard virovores, too.2020 September 24, Katherine J. Wu, “Nothing Eats Viruses, Right? Meet Some Hungry Protists”, in New York Times
- An organism which deliberately eats viruses.
Forms of virivore
| plural | virivores |
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Origin of virivore
From viri- + -vore.
Questions about virivore
- What is virivore the alternative form of?
- Virivore is the alternative form of virovore.
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