carnivore

C2 Topic:Animals

US /ˈkɑɹ.nɪ.voɹ/ UK /ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː/ See IPA manual

Freq #33676

Meanings

1

noun
any animal that feeds on flesh

Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore.
2

noun
a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal

Terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

animalivore

Opposites

herbivore

Word family

Forms carnivores

Derived forms carbivorecarnivoracitycarnivorismcarnivorouscarnivorousnesscarnivoryflexivorehypercarnivorehypocarnivoremacrocarnivoremegacarnivoremesocarnivore

Related forms carnivoracarnivorancarnivorousfolivorefrugivorehemovoreherbivoreinsectivoreomnivorepiscivoredevour animalivore

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Phrases (1)

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large carnivore
A meat-eating animal of substantial body size.

Adjective + noun

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.

*(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- Proto-Indo-European carnivore French carnivorus Latin

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Topics

Animals

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# carnivore

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɑɹ.nɪ.voɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː/
**Frequency rank:** 33676

## Meanings
1. any animal that feeds on flesh
2. a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal

## Examples
- Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore.
- Terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb.

## Synonyms
- animalivore

## Antonyms
- herbivore

## Derived Forms
- carbivore
- carnivoracity
- carnivorism
- carnivorous
- carnivorousness
- carnivory
- flexivore
- hypercarnivore
- hypocarnivore
- macrocarnivore
- megacarnivore
- mesocarnivore

## Related Forms
- carnivora
- carnivoran
- carnivorous
- folivore
- frugivore
- hemovore
- herbivore
- insectivore
- omnivore
- piscivore
- devour
- animalivore

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)ker-
- Root: *gʷerh₃-
- Root: carnivore
- Root: carnivorus

## 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.

## Topics
- Animals

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