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carnivory en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kɑːˈnɪvəɹi/ (UK)

Etymology

From carnivore + -y.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The eating of meat; carnivorousness.
    • But if the natural carnivory of other species counts for something, why not the natural carnivory of Homo sapiens […]? 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 571:

Deriveds

mesocarnivory

Relateds

carnivore · carnivorousness · carnivorism · carnivorous

Translations (3)

hi मांसाहार (the eating of meat) · pl mięsożerność (the eating of meat) · pt carnivorismo (the eating of meat)