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carnivore en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkaː.nɪ.voː/ (Australia)
  • /ˈkɑɹ.nɪ.voɹ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French carnivore, from Latin carnivorus. In the zoological sense, coined by William Whewell in 1840 as an adaptation of Cuvier's coinage, French carnivore.

Meanings

  1. An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.
    • As juveniles the crocodiles are frequently predated by larger carnivores.
  2. A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
    • The panda and the panther are both carnivores.
  3. (informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.
    • Well, she has now gone / From this unhappy planet / With all the carnivores / And the destructors on it 1990, Morrissey, “Ouija Board, Ouija Board”, in Bona Drag:
  4. (informal) A follower of the carnivore diet.

Forms

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carnivores Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

noncarnivore · facultative carnivore · microcarnivore · carbivore · omnicarnivore · hypercarnivore · obligate carnivore · carnivory · megacarnivore · carnivorous · carnivore diet · flexivore · carnivorism · carnivoracity · mesocarnivore · carnivorousness · macrocarnivore · hypocarnivore

Relateds

insectivore · carnivoran · Carnivora · folivore · hemovore · omnivore · carnivorous · frugivore · herbivore · piscivore

Synonyms

meateater · carnivoran · zoophage · kreophagist · bloodmouth · meatarian · nonvegetarian · meateater · meatatarian

Translations (109)

sip གཅན་གཟན (meat-eating animal) · eo karnomanĝulo (meat-eating animal) · ms haiwan karnivor (meat-eating animal) · id karnivor (meat-eating animal) · br kigdebrer (meat-eating animal) · hi मांसाहारी (person who is not a vegetarian) · es carnívoro (meat-eating animal) · da rovdyr (mammal of the order Carnivora) · it carnivoro (meat-eating animal) · de Fleischesser (person who is not a vegetarian) · eu haragijale (meat-eating animal) · zza gostwer (meat-eating animal) · sv rovdjur (mammal of the order Carnivora) · nv naaldeehii daʼalghałígíí (meat-eating animal) · te మాంసాహారి (meat-eating animal) · sw mla-nyama (meat-eating animal) · sk mäsožravec (meat-eating animal) · de Fleischfresser (meat-eating animal) · zza gostger (mammal of the order Carnivora) · sl mesojed (meat-eating animal) · ml മാംസഭുക്ക് (meat-eating animal) · tr etçil (mammal of the order Carnivora) · ca carnívor (mammal of the order Carnivora) · az ətyeyən (meat-eating animal) · mk месоја́дец (meat-eating animal) · sh mesojedac (meat-eating animal) · ka ხორცისმჭამელი ძუძუმწოვარი (meat-eating animal) · lv gaļēdājs (meat-eating animal) · pl mięsożerca (mammal of the order Carnivora) · ru плотоя́дное живо́тное (meat-eating animal) · fi lihansyöjä (meat-eating animal) · gl carnívoro (meat-eating animal) · ms binatang maging (meat-eating animal) · nb kjøtteter (meat-eating animal) · my အသားစား du or c du (meat-eating animal) · pt carnívoro (meat-eating animal) · et lihasööja (meat-eating animal) · ru мясое́д (meat-eating animal) · el σαρκοβόρος (meat-eating animal) · ka მტაცებელი (meat-eating animal) · nl roofdier (mammal of the order Carnivora) · ru хи́щник (meat-eating animal) · da kødæder (meat-eating animal) · ka ხორცისმჭამელი ცხოველი (meat-eating animal) · is kjötæta (meat-eating animal) · cy cigysor (meat-eating animal) · izh hiisnikka (meat-eating animal) · sh mesojed (meat-eating animal) · hy գիշատիչ (meat-eating animal) · ja 食肉類 (mammal of the order Carnivora) · mi kaikiko (meat-eating animal) · nl vleeseter (person who is not a vegetarian) · he בִּשְׂרוֹנִי (person who is not a vegetarian) · kl neqituumasoq (meat-eating animal) · hi माँसाहारी (person who is not a vegetarian) · sh mesožder (meat-eating animal) · cmn 食肉動物 /食肉动物 (meat-eating animal) · ms haiwan maging (meat-eating animal) · af vleiseter (meat-eating animal) · da rovdyr (meat-eating animal) · cs šelmy (mammal of the order Carnivora) · mn махчин (meat-eating animal) · la carnivorum (meat-eating animal) · id pemakan daging (meat-eating animal) · hi मांसाहारी (meat-eating animal) · fi petoeläin (mammal of the order Carnivora) · lv gaļēdāja (meat-eating animal) · fa گوشتخوار (meat-eating animal) · ko 육식동물 (meat-eating animal) · eo karnovorulo (meat-eating animal) · tl lamankain (meat-eating animal) · sl mesojedka (meat-eating animal) · hi माँसाहारी (meat-eating animal) · de Fleischesserin (person who is not a vegetarian) · nl carnivoor (meat-eating animal) · sl mesojedec (meat-eating animal) · he טוֹרֵף (meat-eating animal) · th สัตว์กินเนื้อ (meat-eating animal) · nn kjøtetar (meat-eating animal) · pl mięsożerca (person who is not a vegetarian) · ar لَاحِم (meat-eating animal) · bg месояден (meat-eating animal) · ms karnivor (meat-eating animal) · ja 肉食動物 (meat-eating animal) · cs masožravec (meat-eating animal) · el σαρκοφάγος (meat-eating animal) · cy cigysydd (meat-eating animal) · tr etçil (meat-eating animal) · sv köttätare (meat-eating animal) · hy մսակեր կենդանի (meat-eating animal) · hu húsevő (meat-eating animal) · af karnivoor (meat-eating animal) · pl mięsożerca (meat-eating animal) · ks گوش خۄر (meat-eating animal) · he טוֹרֵף (mammal of the order Carnivora) · km មំសាសី (meat-eating animal) · ka ხორცისმჭამელი (meat-eating animal) · eu karniboro (meat-eating animal) · gd feòil-itheadair (meat-eating animal) · fr carnivore (meat-eating animal) · ta ஊனுண்ணி (mammal of the order Carnivora) · lt mėsėdis (meat-eating animal) · pl drapieżnik (meat-eating animal) · ca carnívor (meat-eating animal) · de Fleischfresser (mammal of the order Carnivora) · tr etobur (meat-eating animal) · kmr goştxur (meat-eating animal) · ta ஊனுண்ணி (meat-eating animal) · nl vleeseter (meat-eating animal)

wikidata: Q81875 · wikipedia: Georges Cuvier