detritivore

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /dɛˈtɹaɪtɪvɔː/|/-ˈtɹɪ-/    美 /dəˈtɹaɪtəvɔɹ/|/-ˈtɹɪ-/|/-ɾə-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An organism that feeds on detritus.
    — Termites are herbivores and detritivores variously involved in the comminution and decomposition of vegetable matter, through most of the warm temperate and tropical zones.

词形变化

detritivores plural

词源

From German Detritivore, from Latin dētrītus (“the act of rubbing away”) (from dēterō (“to rub away, to rub off, to wear out”), from dē- (“away; down”) + terō (“to rub; to wear away, to wear out”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, to rub by twisting; to twist, to turn”)) + Latin vorāre (from vorō (“to devour, to eat greedily; to swallow up”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”)). Analyzable as detritus + -i- + -vore.
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