carnivore

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

carnivora

carnívoro

predadores

Sinônimos

carnivorous

predator

flesh-eating animal

predacious

predatory

predatory animal

raptor

sarcophagus

meat-eater

wild beast

carnivorous animal

zoophagan

beast of prey

carnivoran

cannibal

huntsman

Traduções

carnivore

carnívoro

Fleischfresser

carnivoro

carnivoor

Raubtier

vleeseter

carnívor

carnivora

σαρκοβόρος

carnassier

σαρκοφάγα

σαρκοφάγος

σαρκοφάγο

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.