carnivore

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.
2. A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
3. (informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.
4. (informal) A follower of the carnivore diet.

Konzepte

Fleischfresser

Raubtier

fleischfressend

fleischfresser

Karnivore

Prädator

Synonyme

carnivorous

predator

flesh-eating animal

predacious

predatory

predatory animal

raptor

sarcophagus

meat-eater

wild beast

carnivorous animal

zoophagan

beast of prey

carnivoran

cannibal

huntsman

Übersetzungen

carnivore

carnívoro

carnivoro

carnivoor

vleeseter

carnivora

carnívor

carnivora

carnívoro

carnassier

σαρκοφάγα

σαρκοβόρος

σαρκοφάγος

σαρκοβόρο

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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.