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meateater en · NOUN

Etymology

From meat + eater.

Meanings

1. A person who eats meat.
   • A group of 65 Asian meateaters were age and sex matched with Caucasian meateaters. Significantly higher antibody levels were detected in the Asian group (p < 0.01), where 32.3% were found to be seropositive compared with 17% in the Caucasian group. 1993, MJ Webberley, JM Webberley, P Lowe, V Melikian, D Newell, “Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Vegans and Meat Eaters”, in Helicobacter pylori and Gastroduodenal Pathology, Springer, →DOI, Results, pages 37–40:
   • Meateaters are 3 times more likely to be obese than vegetarians, and 9 times more likely than vegans. On average, vegans are 10–20 lb lighter than meateaters. Vegan diets promote higher metabolic rates, around 16 percent faster for vegans compared with meateaters.²⁷ 2017, Carlo Alvaro, “Ethical veganism, virtue, and greatness of the soul”, in Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, volume 30, number 6, Springer, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 765–781:
2. A carnivorous animal.
   • Coordinate term: planteater
   • In the domain of dinosaurs, for example, expert children tend to use the presence and absence of a few salient features to decide whether a dinosaur is a meateater or a planteater. Hence, a dinosaur is a meateater if it has ‘‘long’’ and ‘‘sharp teeth,’’ whereas it would be a planteater if these features were absent. 2013 May 13, Franz E. Weinert, Marion Perlmutter, Memory Development: Universal Changes and Individual Differences (Opening Out: Feminism for Today), Psychology Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 182:
3. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of meat-eater (“police officer who seeks out bribes”).
   alt of meat-eater

Forms

Translations (15)

de Fleischesser (human) · de Fleischfresser (animal) · fi lihansyöjä (human) · pl mięsożerca (human) · hi माँसाहारी (animal) · hi माँसाहारी (human) · de Fleischfresserin (animal) · ru мясое́д (human) · ro carnivor (animal) · de Karnivore (animal) · hi मांसाहारी (animal) · fi lihansyöjä (animal) · pl mięsożerca (animal) · hi मांसाहारी (human) · de Fleischesserin (human)