carnivore - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹ.nɪ.vɔɹ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.nɪ.voː/

carnivore (plural carnivores)

1. An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.

   Synonyms: meateater, zoophage

   As juveniles the crocodiles are frequently predated by larger carnivores.

2. (zoology) A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.

   Synonym: carnivoran

   The panda and the panther are both carnivores.

3. (informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.

   Synonyms: meateater, meatarian, (often humorous) meatatarian, (now rare) kreophagist, nonvegetarian, (derogatory) bloodmouth
4. (informal) A follower of the carnivore diet.

   (The addition of quotations 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 term carnivoran has been introduced to mean "belonging to Carnivora".

Borrowed from Latin carnivorus.

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.ni.vɔʁ/

carnivore (plural carnivores)

1. carnivorous (predatory or flesh-eating)

carnivore m (plural carnivores)

1. carnivore

• herbivore
• insectivore
• omnivore

• “carnivore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /karˈni.vo.re/
• Rhymes: -ivore
• Hyphenation: car‧nì‧vo‧re

carnivore

1. feminine plural of carnivoro

carnivore f

1. plural of carnivora

• converrai, incorreva

carnivore

1. vocative masculine singular of carnivorus