different between carnivore vs ocelot

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??n?v??/
• IPA^(key): /?k???.n?.v??/

Noun

carnivore (plural carnivores)

1. An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.

   Synonyms: meat-eater, zoophage

2. (zoology) A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.

   Synonym: carnivoran

3. (informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.

   Synonyms: meat-eater, meatarian, (often humorous) meatatarian, (now rare) kreophagist, nonvegetarian

Usage notes

Not all meat-eaters (e.g. meat-eating birds and fish) belong to Carnivora, and not all Carnivora are meat-eaters (e.g. giant panda). To avoid the confusion, a new term carnivoran has been introduced to mean "belonging to Carnivora".

Synonyms

• zoophage
• meatarian, meatatarian (of people)

Derived terms

• hypercarnivore
• hypocarnivore
• macrocarnivore
• mesocarnivore
• microcarnivore
• obligate carnivore

Related terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carnivorus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?.ni.v??/

Adjective

carnivore (plural carnivores)

1. carnivorous (predatory or flesh-eating)

Noun

carnivore m (plural carnivores)

1. carnivore

See also

• herbivore
• insectivore
• omnivore

Further reading

• “carnivore” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

carnivore

1. feminine plural of carnivoro

Noun

carnivore f

1. plural of carnivora

Anagrams

• converrai
• incorreva

Latin

Adjective

carnivore

1. vocative masculine singular of carnivorus

English

Etymology

From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Nahuatl ?c?l?tl (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??s?l?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???s?l??t/

Noun

ocelot (plural ocelots)

1. An American feline carnivore (Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.

Synonyms

• chati

Translations

Further reading

• ocelot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Felis pardalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Felis pardalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• coleto

Dutch

Etymology

From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Nahuatl ?c?l?tl (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: oce?lot

Noun

ocelot m (plural ocelotten, diminutive ocelotje n)

1. ocelot (mammal)

French

Etymology

Coined by Buffon from Nahuatl ?c?l?tl (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.slo/, /o.slo/

Noun

ocelot m (plural ocelots)

1. ocelot

Further reading

• “ocelot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ot?s?lot]
• Hyphenation: oce?lot
• Rhymes: -ot

Noun

ocelot (plural ocelotok)

1. ocelot

Declension

Synonyms

• párducmacska

Italian

Etymology

From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Nahuatl ?c?l?tl (“jaguar”).

Noun

ocelot m (invariable)

1. ocelot (cat)

   Synonyms: gattopardo, ocellotto

Polish

Etymology

From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Nahuatl ?c?l?tl (“jaguar”).

Noun

ocelot m anim

1. ocelot (mammal)

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French ocelot

Noun

ocelot m (plural ocelo?i)

1. ocelot

Declension