amylovorus

== Latin == === Etymology === From amylum (“starch”) + vorō (“to devour”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.myˈɫɔ.wɔ.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.miˈlɔː.vo.rus] === Adjective === amylovorus (feminine amylovora, neuter amylovorum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin) starch-eating ==== Usage notes ==== Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective.