词根：vor = to eat（吃）
词根来自拉丁语的vorare 意为to eat。同义词根有来自拉丁语的ed/es和来自希腊语的phag。
同源词：
1. voracious [vor 吃 + -aciouis 后缀-ous的扩展形式]
adj.狼吞虎咽的，暴食的；贪食的；贪婪的，如饥似渴的
voracity n.贪食；贪婪
voraciously adv.狼吞虎咽地；贪婪地
Our two teenage boys have voracious appetites.我们那两个十来岁的儿子胃口极大。
2. omnivorous [omni-(=all) 所有的 + vor(=eat) 吃 →不论什么都吃的→]
adj.什么都吃，杂食的；什么读的
Our 2-year-old baby has an omnivorous cruiosity.His favorite word is,"why".我们两岁的宝宝对什么都好奇。他最喜欢的词就是“为什么”。
3. carnivorous [carn(=flesh)肉 + vor 吃 + -ous 形容词后缀→ ]
adj.食肉（性）的
carnivorous animals 食肉动物
4. carnivore [见上，-e 后缀 →]
n.食肉动物
5. insectivorous [in(=into)里面 + sect(=cut)虫子 + -ous 形容词后缀]
adj.食虫的
Swallows are insectivorous.燕子是食虫子的动物
6. herbivorous [herb(=grass) 草 + vor 吃 + -ous 形容词后缀 → ]
adj.（动物）食草的
7. devour [de- 表加强意义 + vour(= vor 吃 ) → ]
v.吞食；毁灭；贪婪地看（吃下去）
8. devouringly [见上，-ing 后缀 + -ly 后缀 →]
adv.贪婪地；吞噬般地
9. granivorous [gran = grain 谷类 + -i- + vor 吃 + -ous 形容词后缀→]
adj.食谷类的
10. piscivorous [pisci = fish 肉 + vor 吃 + -ous 形容词后缀→]
adj.食鱼的
11. omnivora [omni- 全 + vor 吃 + -a 表动词类别→]
n.杂食动物
词根词缀：esculent-, -esculent
【来源及含义】Latin: food; good to eat, eatable, edible
【相关词根词缀】 Related "eat, eating" word units: brycho-; esophago-; glutto-; phago-; vor-. Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "food, nutrition, nourishment": alimento-; broma-; carno-; cibo-; sitio-; tropho-; Eating Crawling Snacks; Eating: Carnivorous-Plant "Pets"; Eating: Folivory or Leaf Eaters; Eating: Omnivorous.
【同源单词】esculent, esculent swallow, hibiscus esculentus, inesculent, rana esculenta, sarcocephalus esculentus
词根词缀：glutto-, glutt-
【来源及含义】Latin: to swallow, to gulp down
【相关词根词缀】 Related "eat, eating" word units: brycho-; esculent-; esophago-; phago-; vor-. Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "food, nutrition, nourishment": alimento-; broma-; carno-; cibo-; esculent-; sitio-; tropho-; Eating Crawling Snacks; Eating: Carnivorous-Plant "Pets"; Eating: Folivory or Leaf Eaters; Eating: Omnivorous.
【同源单词】deglutition, englut, glut, glut, glut, glutteny
词根词缀：haust-
【来源及含义】Latin: to draw out, to drink; to draw water, to swallow
【相关词根词缀】 Related "drink" units: bib-; dipso-; nectar-; poto-.
【同源单词】exhaust, exhaustible, exhaustion, exhaustive, exhaustively, exhaustiveness
词根词缀：-olent, -ulent
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; full of, disposed to
【同源单词】acidulent, benevolent, corpulent, diversivolent, esculent, esculent swallow
词根词缀：sorb-, sorpt-
【来源及含义】Latin: to suck in, to swallow; to take in
【同源单词】absorb, absorbability, absorbable dusting powder, absorbable gelatin film, absorbable gelatin sponge, absorbable ligature