carnivore
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Definition of carnivore
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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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
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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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A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
“The panda and the panther are both carnivores.”
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(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”
- (informal)A follower of the carnivore diet.
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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.
Words you can make from carnivore
200+ playable · top: VERONICA (13 pts)
Best play veronica 13 points7-letter words
5 words6-letter words
30 words- CARVEN 11 pts
- CARVER 11 pts
- CAVERN 11 pts
- COVINE 11 pts
- CRAVEN 11 pts
- CRAVER 11 pts
- NOVICE 11 pts
- VOICER 11 pts
- ARRIVE 9 pts
- ENVIRO 9 pts
- NAIVER 9 pts
- RAVIER 9 pts
- RAVINE 9 pts
- RENVOI 9 pts
- VAINER 9 pts
- VARIER 9 pts
- AEONIC 8 pts
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- CARNIE 8 pts
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- CORNEA 8 pts
- CORNER 8 pts
- CORRIE 8 pts
- ORCEIN 8 pts
- ORRICE 8 pts
- RACIER 8 pts
- RACINO 8 pts
- RANCOR 8 pts
- RECOIN 8 pts
- IRONER 6 pts
5-letter words
57 words- CARVE 10 pts
- CAVER 10 pts
- CAVIE 10 pts
- COVEN 10 pts
- COVER 10 pts
- COVIN 10 pts
- CRAVE 10 pts
- VAREC 10 pts
- VICAR 10 pts
- VINCA 10 pts
- VOICE 10 pts
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- RAVEN 8 pts
- RAVER 8 pts
- RAVIN 8 pts
- RIVEN 8 pts
- RIVER 8 pts
- ROVEN 8 pts
- ROVER 8 pts
- VIREO 8 pts
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- RECON 7 pts
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- AIRER 5 pts
- IRONE 5 pts
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4-letter words
72 words- CAVE 9 pts
- COVE 9 pts
- VICE 9 pts
- ARVO 7 pts
- AVER 7 pts
- NAVE 7 pts
- NEVI 7 pts
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- OVER 7 pts
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- RIVE 7 pts
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- ARCO 6 pts
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- CARE 6 pts
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- RICE 6 pts
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- IRON 4 pts
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- REAR 4 pts
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- RENO 4 pts
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3-letter words
35 words- AVE 6 pts
- AVO 6 pts
- NAV 6 pts
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- ACE 5 pts
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- CON 5 pts
- COR 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- OCA 5 pts
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- AIN 3 pts
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- ARO 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ERR 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NOR 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
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