carnivore

See also: Carnivore

English

Etymology

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(deprecated template usage) Borrowed from French carnivore, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin carnivorus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːnɪvɔː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːɹ.nɪ.vɔɹ/

Noun

carnivore (plural carnivores)

1. 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.

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

   The panda and the panther are both carnivores.

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

Usage notes

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".

Synonyms

• zoophage
• meatarian, meatatarian (of people)

Derived terms

• hypercarnivore
• hypocarnivore
• macrocarnivore
• mesocarnivore
• microcarnivore
• obligate carnivore

Related terms

• Carnivora
• carnivoran
• carnivorous
• folivore
• frugivore
• hemovore
• herbivore
• insectivore
• omnivore
• piscivore

Translations

meat-eating animal

• Afrikaans: karnivoor (af)
• Armenian: գիշատիչ (hy) (gišatičʻ)
• Bulgarian: месояден m (mesojaden)
• Catalan: carnívor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 食肉動物／食肉动物 (zh) (shíròu dòngwù), 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 m
• Georgian: ხორცისმჭამელი (xorcismč̣ameli), მტაცებელი (mṭacebeli), ხორცისმჭამელი ცხოველი (xorcismč̣ameli cxoveli), ხორცისმჭამელი ძუძუმწოვარი (xorcismč̣ameli ʒuʒumc̣ovari)
• German: Fleischfresser (de) m
• Greek: σαρκοφάγος (el) m (sarkofágos), σαρκοβόρος (el) m (sarkovóros)
• Greenlandic: neqituumasoq
• Hungarian: húsevő (hu)
• Icelandic: kjötæta (is) f
• Indonesian: pemakan daging (id), karnivor (id)
• Italian: carnivoro (it) m
• Japanese: 肉食動物 (にくしょくどうぶつ, nikushoku dōbutsu)
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• Khmer: មំសាសី (km) (meang sa sey)
• Korean: 육식 동물 (yukshik dongmul) (肉食動物 (ko))
• Latin: carnivora f
• Macedonian: месоја́дец m (mesojádec)
• Malay: binatang maging, haiwan maging, haiwan karnivor, karnivor
• 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)
• Scottish Gaelic: feòil-itheadair m
• Serbo-Croatian: mesožder (sh), mesojedac, mesojed (sh),
• 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)

mammal of the order Carnivora

• Catalan: carnívor (ca) m
• Danish: rovdyr (da) n
• Finnish: petoeläin (fi)
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• German: Fleischfresser (de) m
• Japanese: 食肉類 (ja) (しょくにくるい, shokunikurui)
• Swedish: rovdjur (sv) n

person who is not a vegetarian

• German: Fleischesser (de) m, Fleischesserin (de) f
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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carnivorus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.ni.vɔʁ/

• Audio:

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Adjective

carnivore (plural carnivores)

1. carnivorous (predatory or flesh-eating)

Noun

carnivore m (plural carnivores)

1. carnivore

See also

• herbivore
• insectivore
• omnivore

Further reading

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

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Italian

Adjective

carnivore

1. feminine plural of carnivoro

Noun

carnivore f

1. plural of carnivora

Anagrams

• converrai
• incorreva

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) carnivore

1. vocative masculine singular of carnivorus