# Carnivore, herbivore, insectivore, omnivore... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 30, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivore-herbivore-insectivore-omnivore/324163 "2005-09-30T05:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivore-herbivore-insectivore-omnivore/324163/1 "2005-09-30T05:02:36Z")
Are there any other types of “'vores”? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivore-herbivore-insectivore-omnivore/324163/2 "2005-09-30T05:42:17Z")
bibliovore ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivore-herbivore-insectivore-omnivore/324163/3 "2005-09-30T05:49:40Z")
granivore ossivore phytivore piscivore (Most of these are found with the adjectival _-vorous_ ending rather than as nouns ending in _-vore_.) ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivore-herbivore-insectivore-omnivore/324163/4 "2005-09-30T05:52:08Z")
From a site on difficult words, [Feeding and Eating](http://phrontistery.info/feed.html) ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivore-herbivore-insectivore-omnivore/324163/5 "2005-09-30T05:56:25Z")
[Dictionary.com](http://Dictionary.com) does not have an entry for bibliovore, and it seems that bibliophiles don’t usually eat books. **Bibliophage** might be insulted to know there’s no entry for him/her either. I’m looking for other types of eaters if there are any. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivore-herbivore-insectivore-omnivore/324163/6 "2005-09-30T05:57:30Z")
I spoke too soon… ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivore-herbivore-insectivore-omnivore/324163/7 "2005-09-30T05:58:32Z")
Thanks for the research BTW. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivore-herbivore-insectivore-omnivore/324163/8 "2005-09-30T12:46:55Z")
frugivorous - fruit eater. nectivorous - nectar eater. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivore-herbivore-insectivore-omnivore/324163/9 "2005-09-30T12:48:36Z")
and **tomndebb** beat me to it in his/her link. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivore-herbivore-insectivore-omnivore/324163/10 "2005-09-30T16:07:03Z")
A few more, not on the list **tomndebb** linked to, which are fairly regular in the scientific literature: detritivore: feeding on detritus folivore: feeding on leaves fungivore: feeding on fungi planktivore: feeding on plankton There are many many more. It would be hard to determine how many exactly, since they are frequently coined by scientists writing about specialized feeding types. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivore-herbivore-insectivore-omnivore/324163/11 "2005-09-30T22:53:29Z")
There’s one for creatures that feed on blood, I think it’s sanguivore or something similar.