-phorus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros), from φέρω (phérō, “to bear”).

Suffix

-phorus m (feminine -phora, neuter -phorum)

  1. Used to form nouns naming organisms that seem to bear something suggesting what is named by a preceding word element such as a prefix

Derived terms

Translingual terms suffixed with -phorus
Aphyllophorales
Cardiophorus
Chlamyphorus
Chlorophorus
Cyclophorus
Heliophorus
Istiophorus
Nicrophorus
Pyrophorus
Rhacophorus
Rhipiphorus
Rhynchophorus
Sarciophorus
Sphenophorus
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