carnivore

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Scrabble points
14
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17
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː/
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/ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː/ · /ˈkɑɹ.nɪ.voɹ/ · /ˈkaː.nɪ.voː/

Definition of carnivore

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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. A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
    “The panda and the panther are both carnivores.”
  3. (informal)A person who is not a vegetarian.
    “Well, she has now gone / From this unhappy planet / With all the carnivores / And the destructors on it”
  4. (informal)A follower of the carnivore diet.

name

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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.

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