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carnivore

car·ni·vore

UK/ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː/ US/ˈkɑɹ.nɪ.voɹ/ uncommon informal

noun

1.

terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb

2.

any animal that feeds on flesh

  • “Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore”
  • “insectivorous plants are considered carnivores”

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • carnivore diet
  • facultative carnivore
  • obligate carnivore

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