carnivore
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: carnivores
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.
pos: noun
examples: As juveniles the crocodiles are frequently predated by larger carnivores.
gloss: A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
pos: noun
examples: The panda and the panther are both carnivores.
gloss: A person who is not a vegetarian.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Well, she has now gone / From this unhappy planet / With all the carnivores / And the destructors on it
gloss: A follower of the carnivore diet.
pos: noun
tags: informal
Related words: Carnivora
carnivoran
carnivorous
folivore
frugivore
hemovore
herbivore
insectivore
omnivore
piscivore
Derived words: carbivore
carnivoracity
carnivore diet
carnivorism
carnivorous
carnivorousness
carnivory
facultative carnivore
flexivore
hypercarnivore
hypocarnivore
macrocarnivore
megacarnivore
mesocarnivore
microcarnivore
noncarnivore
obligate carnivore
omnicarnivore
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: karnivoor
lang: Afrikaans
word: vleiseter
lang: Arabic
word: لَاحِم
roman: lāḥim
lang: Armenian
word: գիշատիչ
roman: gišatičʻ
lang: Armenian
word: մսակեր կենդանի
roman: msaker kendani
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ətyeyən
lang: Basque
word: haragijale
lang: Basque
word: karniboro
lang: Breton
word: kigdebrer
lang: Bulgarian
word: месояден
roman: mesojaden
lang: Burmese
word: အသားစား du or c du
roman: a.sa:ca:
lang: Catalan
word: carnívor
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 食肉動物 /食肉动物
roman: shíròu dòngwù
lang: Czech
word: masožravec
lang: Danish
word: kødæder
lang: Danish
word: rovdyr
lang: Dutch
word: carnivoor
lang: Dutch
word: vleeseter
lang: Esperanto
word: karnomanĝulo
lang: Esperanto
word: karnovorulo
lang: Estonian
word: lihasööja
lang: Finnish
word: lihansyöjä
lang: French
word: carnivore
lang: Galician
word: carnívoro
lang: Georgian
word: ხორცისმჭამელი
roman: xorcismč̣ameli
lang: Georgian
word: მტაცებელი
roman: mṭacebeli
lang: Georgian
word: ხორცისმჭამელი ცხოველი
roman: xorcismč̣ameli cxoveli
lang: Georgian
word: ხორცისმჭამელი ძუძუმწოვარი
roman: xorcismč̣ameli ʒuʒumc̣ovari
lang: German
word: Fleischfresser
lang: Greek
word: σαρκοφάγος
roman: sarkofágos
lang: Greek
word: σαρκοβόρος
roman: sarkovóros
lang: Greenlandic
word: neqituumasoq
lang: Hebrew
word: טוֹרֵף
roman: toréf
lang: Hindi
word: मांसाहारी
roman: mānsāhārī
lang: Hindi
word: माँसाहारी
roman: mā̃sāhārī
lang: Hungarian
word: húsevő
lang: Icelandic
word: kjötæta
lang: Indonesian
word: pemakan daging
lang: Indonesian
word: karnivor
lang: Ingrian
word: hiisnikka
lang: Italian
word: carnivoro
lang: Japanese
word: 肉食動物
roman: nikushoku dōbutsu
lang: Kashmiri
word: گوش خۄر
roman: gōś khọr
lang: Khmer
word: មំសាសី
roman: meang sa sey
lang: Korean
word: 육식동물
roman: yuksikdongmul
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: goştxur
lang: Latin
word: carnivora
lang: Latvian
word: gaļēdājs
lang: Latvian
word: gaļēdāja
lang: Macedonian
word: месоја́дец
roman: mesojádec
lang: Malay
word: binatang maging
lang: Malay
word: haiwan maging
lang: Malay
word: haiwan karnivor
lang: Malay
word: karnivor
lang: Malayalam
word: മാംസഭുക്ക്
roman: māṁsabhukkŭ
lang: Māori
word: kaikiko
lang: Mongolian
word: махчин
roman: maxčin
lang: Navajo
word: naaldeehii daʼalghałígíí
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kjøtteter
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kjøtetar
lang: Persian
word: گوشتخوار
roman: guštxâr
lang: Polish
word: mięsożerca
lang: Polish
word: drapieżnik
lang: Portuguese
word: carnívoro
lang: Russian
word: хи́щник
roman: xíščnik
lang: Russian
word: плотоя́дное живо́тное
roman: plotojádnoje živótnoje
lang: Russian
word: мясое́д
roman: mjasojéd
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: feòil-itheadair
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mesožder
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mesojedac
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mesojed
lang: Sikkimese
word: གཅན་གཟན
roman: gcan gzan
lang: Slovak
word: mäsožravec
lang: Slovene
word: mesojedec
lang: Slovene
word: mesojed
lang: Slovene
word: mesojedka
lang: Spanish
word: carnívoro
lang: Swahili
word: mla-nyama
lang: Swedish
word: köttätare
lang: Tagalog
word: lamankain
lang: Tamil
word: ஊனுண்ணி
roman: ūṉuṇṇi
lang: Telugu
word: మాంసాహారి
roman: māṁsāhāri
lang: Thai
word: สัตว์กินเนื้อ
roman: sàt-gin-nʉ́ʉa
lang: Turkish
word: etobur
lang: Turkish
word: etçil
lang: Welsh
word: cigysor
lang: Welsh
word: cigysydd
lang: Zazaki
word: gostwer