carnivory

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Etymology[edit]

From carnivore +‎ -y.

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carnivory (uncountable)

  1. The eating of meat; carnivorousness.
    • 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 571:
      But if the natural carnivory of other species counts for something, why not the natural carnivory of Homo sapiens […] ?

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