Vore Flashcards
Voracious
Adj.
craving or consuming large quantities of food
- Brown and rainbow trout, not native at higher elevations, are voracious consumers of tadpoles.
Vore
Latin, eat greedily
Carnivorous
Adj.
flesh-eating
- Prepare to be eaten alive if you ever come in contact with a carnivorous plant.
Devour
V.
to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
- My baby brother devoured his chocolate cake like he was hungrier than a hungry hippo.
Omnivorous
Adj.
eating both animal and plant foods, eating all kinds of foods indiscriminately.
-The human body is optimized for a omnivorous diet including carbohydrates, vegetables, meat and dairy.
Herbivore
N.
feeding on plants
- The herbivores get energy from eating plants.