- Baccivorous
- Baccivorous Bac*civ"o*rous, a. [L. bacca berry + vorare to devour.] (Zo["o]l.) Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Baccivorous
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baccivorous — [bak siv′ər əs] adj. feeding on berries … English World dictionary
baccivorous — adjective Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds … Wiktionary
baccivorous — /bak siv euhr euhs/, adj. feeding on berries. [1655 65; BACCI + VOROUS] * * * … Universalium
baccivorous — eating berries Feeding and Eating … Phrontistery dictionary
baccivorous — /bækˈsɪvərəs/ (say bak sivuhruhs) adjective feeding on berries …
baccivorous — adjective feeding on berries • Similar to: ↑herbivorous … Useful english dictionary
bacci- — a combining form meaning berry, used in the formation of compound words: baccivorous. [ < L, comb. form of bacca, baca] * * * … Universalium
Feeding and Eating — Like many people, I enjoy eating perhaps too much so. This list of 113 words describes different things one could eat, although a human would have to be pretty desperate to eat lice or limestone. Then again, I ve eaten at McDonald s hundreds of… … Phrontistery dictionary
bacciferous — a. bearing berries. ♦ bacciform, a. berry shaped. ♦ baccivorous, a. feeding on berries … Dictionary of difficult words
bacci- — [bak′si, bak′sə] [< L bacca, baca, berry] combining form berry [baccivorous] … English World dictionary
