Borrowed fromFrenchcarnivore, fromLatincarnivorus. In the zoological sense,coined byWilliam Whewell in 1840 as an adaptation ofCuvier's coinage,Frenchcarnivore.
carnivore (pluralcarnivores)
- Anorganism thatfeeds chiefly onanimals; an animal that feeds onmeat as the main part of itsdiet.
- Synonyms:meateater,zoophage
As juveniles the crocodiles are frequently predated by largercarnivores.
- (zoology) Amammal belonging to the orderCarnivora.
- Synonym:carnivoran
The panda and the panther are bothcarnivores.
- (informal) A person who is not avegetarian.
- Synonyms:meateater,meatarian,(often humorous)meatatarian,(now rare)kreophagist,nonvegetarian,(derogatory)bloodmouth
- (informal) Afollower of thecarnivore diet.
- (The addition ofquotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Not all meat-eaters (e.g. meat-eating birds and fish) belong to Carnivora, and not all Carnivora are meat-eaters (e.g.giant panda). To avoid the confusion, a new termcarnivoran has been introduced to mean "belonging to Carnivora".
meat-eating animal
- Afrikaans:karnivoor (af),vleiseter
- Arabic:لَاحِم m(lāḥim)
- Armenian:գիշատիչ (hy)(gišatičʻ),մսակերկենդանի(msaker kendani)
- Basque:haragijale,karniboro
- Breton:kigdebrer (br) m
- Bulgarian:месояден m(mesojaden)
- Burmese:အသားစား (my) du orc du(a.sa:ca:)
- Catalan:carnívor (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:食肉動物 /食肉动物 (zh)(shíròu dòngwù)
- Czech:masožravec (cs) m
- Danish:kødæder (da),rovdyr (da) n
- Dutch:carnivoor (nl) m,vleeseter (nl) m
- Esperanto:karnomanĝulo,karnovorulo
- Estonian:lihasööja (et)
- Finnish:lihansyöjä (fi)
- French:carnivore (fr) m
- Galician:carnívoro (gl) m
- Georgian:ხორცისმჭამელი(xorcismč̣ameli),მტაცებელი (ka)(mṭacebeli),ხორცისმჭამელი ცხოველი(xorcismč̣ameli cxoveli),ხორცისმჭამელი ძუძუმწოვარი(xorcismč̣ameli ʒuʒumc̣ovari)
- German:Fleischfresser (de) m
- Greek:σαρκοφάγος (el) m(sarkofágos),σαρκοβόρος (el) m(sarkovóros)
- Greenlandic:neqituumasoq
- Hebrew:טוֹרֵף (he) m(toréf)
- Hindi:मांसाहारी m(mānsāhārī),माँसाहारी m(mā̃sāhārī)
- Hungarian:húsevő (hu)
- Icelandic:kjötæta (is) f
- Indonesian:pemakan daging (id),karnivor (id)
- Ingrian:hiisnikka
- Italian:carnivoro (it) m
- Japanese:肉食動物 (ja)(にくしょくどうぶつ, nikushoku dōbutsu)
- Khmer:មំសាសី (km)(meang sa sey)
- Korean:육식 동물(肉食動物)(yuksik dongmul)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish:goştxur (ku)
- Latin:carnivora f
- Latvian:gaļēdājs m,gaļēdāja f
- Macedonian:месоја́дец m(mesojádec)
- Malay:binatang maging,haiwan maging,haiwan karnivor,karnivor
- Malayalam:മാംസഭുക്ക്(māṁsabhukkŭ)
- Maori:kaikiko
- Mongolian:махчин (mn)(maxčin)
- Navajo:naaldeehii daʼalghałígíí
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:kjøtteter m
- Nynorsk:kjøtetar m
- Persian:گوشتخوار (fa)(guštxâr)
- Polish:mięsożerca (pl) m,drapieżnik (pl) m
- Portuguese:carnívoro (pt) m
- Russian:хи́щник (ru) m(xíščnik),плотоя́дное живо́тное n(plotojádnoje živótnoje),мясое́д (ru) m(mjasojéd)(literal, technical)
- Scottish Gaelic:feòil-itheadair m
- Serbo-Croatian:mesožder (sh),mesojedac,mesojed (sh),
- Slovak:mäsožravec m
- Slovene:mesojedec (sl) m,mesojed m,mesojedka f
- Spanish:carnívoro (es)
- Swahili:mla-nyama
- Swedish:köttätare (sv) c
- Tagalog:lamankain
- Telugu:మాంసాహారి (te)(māṁsāhāri)
- Thai:สัตว์กินเนื้อ (th)(sàt-gin-nʉ́ʉa)
- Turkish:etobur (tr),etçil (tr)
- Welsh:cigysor m,cigysydd (cy) m
- Zazaki:gostwer
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mammal of the order Carnivora
person who is not a vegetarian
Borrowed fromLatincarnivorus.
carnivore (pluralcarnivores)
- carnivorous (predatory or flesh-eating)
carnivore m (pluralcarnivores)
- carnivore
- IPA(key): /karˈni.vo.re/
- Rhymes:-ivore
- Hyphenation:car‧nì‧vo‧re
carnivore
- feminineplural ofcarnivoro
carnivore f
- plural ofcarnivora
carnivore
- vocativemasculinesingular ofcarnivorus
