Bacterivores

[sergtab]

Bacterivores
How should I pronounce this word? Where is the stress? Thank you!

[Anglika]

Originally Posted by sergtab

Bacterivores
How should I pronounce this word? Where is the stress? Thank you!

Bac-ter-i-vores

[BobK]

It's not a word I've ever had cause to say, but if I heard it I'd expect the stress to fall on the second syllable, and that vowel to be /e/ rather than /i:/.

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[thedaffodils]

It reminds me of the word - bacteria.

(Not a teacher.)

[BobK]

Originally Posted by thedaffodils

It reminds me of the word - bacteria.

(Not a teacher.)

like other -vore words: omnivore, carnivore, herbivore...

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[thedaffodils]

Originally Posted by BobK

like other -vore words: omnivore, carnivore, herbivore...

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Thus, according to the word formation, bacterivores might refer to something that eats bacteria.

[BobK]

Originally Posted by thedaffodils

Thus, according to the word formation, bacterivores might refer to something that eats bacteria.

Yup.

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