*vora*

n. Greediness of appetite for flesh. [ Sportive. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cormorant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. devoratio. See Devour. ] The act of devouring. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. défavorable. ] Unfavorable. [ Obs. ] Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Unpropitiously. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Written also favourable. ] [ F. favorable, L. favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr. favor. See Favor, n. ] 1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lend favorable ears to our request. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. Ps. lxxxv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient. [ 1913 Webster ]

A place very favorable for the making levies of men. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Beautiful; well-favored. [ Obs. ] Spenser.

-- Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. -- Fa"vor*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

The favorableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Frugivorous. ] (Zool.) The fruit bate; a group of the Cheiroptera, comprising the bats which live on fruits. See Eruit bat, under Fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. herba herb + vorare to devour. ] (Zool.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from L. insectum an insect + vorare to devour. ] (Zool.) 1. An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They are mostly of small size, and their molar teeth have sharp cusps. Most of the species burrow in the earth, and many of those of cold climates hibernate in winter. The order includes the moles, shrews, hedgehogs, tanrecs, and allied animals, also the colugo. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A division of the Chiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gray flycatcher of Southwestern U. S. and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings; the scissortailed flycatcher.
Syn. -- scissortail, scissortailed flycatcher. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Omnivorous. ] (Zool.) A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pupivorous. ] (Zool.) A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvæ and pupæ of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging. -- Un*fa"vor*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*fa"vor*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vorax, -acis, fr. vorare to devour; akin to Gr. &unr_; meat, food, &unr_; to devour, Skr. gar. Cf. Devour. ] Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. Dampier. -- Vo*ra"cious*ly, adv. -- Vo*ra"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. voracitas: cf. F. voracité. ] The quality of being voracious; voraciousness. [ 1913 Webster ]