onomatophore etymology

English word onomatophore comes from English -phore (Bearer, carrier or conveyor.), English onomato-

Detailed word origin of onomatophore

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-phore English (eng) Bearer, carrier or conveyor.
onomato- English (eng)
onomatophore English (eng) (biology, taxonomy) A specimen that serves to bear a taxonomic name, as a type.

Words with the same origin as onomatophore

Descendants of -phore
adenophorous androphore carpophore chromophore electrophore gametophore iodophor luminophore mechanophore myophore necrophore nectophore odontophore oophore oöphore phagophore pharmacophore photophore pogonophore polyphore rhinophoral semantophore siderophore zygophore
Descendants of onomato-
onomatomancy