English Explanatory Dictionary

carnivore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.
  2. A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
  3. A person who is not a vegetarian.
  4. A follower of the carnivore diet.
name
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Pronunciation

/ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carnivore.wav /ˈkɑɹ.nɪ.voɹ/ /ˈkaː.nɪ.voː/

Word forms

carnivore carnivores

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.

Synonyms

meateater zoophage carnivoran meatarian meatatarian kreophagist nonvegetarian bloodmouth

Related words

Carnivora carnivoran carnivorous folivore frugivore hemovore herbivore insectivore omnivore piscivore

Derived words

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

Translations

Afrikaans: karnivoor Afrikaans: vleiseter Arabic: لَاحِم Armenian: գիշատիչ Armenian: մսակեր կենդանի Azerbaijani: ətyeyən Basque: haragijale Basque: karniboro Breton: kigdebrer Bulgarian: месояден Burmese: အသားစား du or c du Catalan: carnívor Chinese Mandarin: 食肉動物 /食肉动物 Czech: masožravec Danish: kødæder Danish: rovdyr Dutch: carnivoor Dutch: vleeseter Esperanto: karnomanĝulo Esperanto: karnovorulo Estonian: lihasööja Finnish: lihansyöjä French: carnivore Galician: carnívoro Georgian: ხორცისმჭამელი Georgian: მტაცებელი Georgian: ხორცისმჭამელი ცხოველი Georgian: ხორცისმჭამელი ძუძუმწოვარი German: Fleischfresser Greek: σαρκοφάγος Greek: σαρκοβόρος Greenlandic: neqituumasoq Hebrew: טוֹרֵף Hindi: मांसाहारी Hindi: माँसाहारी Hungarian: húsevő Icelandic: kjötæta Indonesian: pemakan daging Indonesian: karnivor Ingrian: hiisnikka Italian: carnivoro Japanese: 肉食動物 Khmer: មំសាសី Korean: 육식동물 Northern Kurdish: goştxur Latin: carnivora Latvian: gaļēdājs Latvian: gaļēdāja Macedonian: месоја́дец Malay: binatang maging Malay: haiwan maging Malay: haiwan karnivor Malay: karnivor Malayalam: മാംസഭുക്ക് Māori: kaikiko Mongolian: махчин
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