carnivore
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carnivore¹
- /ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː/ UK
- /ˈkɑɹ.nɪ.voɹ/ Canada, US
- /ˈkaː.nɪ.voː/ Australia
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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.
noun carnivores
- 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.
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A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
The panda and the panther are both carnivores.
Similar: carnivoran
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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
Similar: meateater, meatarian, meatatarian, kreophagist, nonvegetarian, bloodmouth
- A follower of the carnivore diet.
Carnivore²
proper noun
- a computer system designed by the FBI to monitor e-mail and electronic communications
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noun meat-eating animal
| Español | carnívoro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 육식동물 yuksikdongmul |
| 日本語 | 肉食動物 nikushoku dōbutsu |
| 中文 | 食肉動物 /食肉动物 shíròu dòngwù |
| हिन्दी | मांसाहारी mānsāhārī, माँसाहारी mā̃sāhārī |
| Kiswahili | mla-nyama |
| Português | carnívoro |
| Français | carnivore |
| Deutsch | Fleischfresser |
| Italiano | carnivoro |
| Ελληνικά | σαρκοφάγος sarkofágos, σαρκοβόρος sarkovóros |
| Русский | хи́щник xíščnik, плотоя́дное живо́тное plotojádnoje živótnoje, мясое́д mjasojéd |
| العربية | لَاحِم lāḥim |
| עברית | טוֹרֵף toréf |
noun mammal of the order Carnivora
| 日本語 | 食肉類 shokunikurui |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Fleischfresser |
| עברית | טוֹרֵף toréf |
noun person who is not a vegetarian
| हिन्दी | मांसाहारी mānsāhārī, माँसाहारी mā̃sāhārī |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Fleischesser, Fleischesserin |
| עברית | בִּשְׂרוֹנִי bisroní |
Talk about this word "carnivore." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/carnivore. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. carnivore. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/carnivore "carnivore." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/carnivore.Cite this
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title = {carnivore},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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