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folivore
English
Etymology
From Latin folium (“a leaf”) +? -vore, Latin vor? (“I devour”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f??l?v??(?)/
Noun
folivore (plural folivores)
- (biology) A herbivore that eats mostly foliage.
- The Koala of Australia with its elongated cecum, and many species of primates, sloths, and the pandas are noteworthy folivores.
Translations
References
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carnivore
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)
- An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.
- Synonyms: meat-eater, zoophage
- (zoology) A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
- Synonym: carnivoran
- (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)
- carnivorous (predatory or flesh-eating)
Noun
carnivore m (plural carnivores)
- 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
- feminine plural of carnivoro
Noun
carnivore f
- plural of carnivora
Anagrams
- converrai
- incorreva
Latin
Adjective
carnivore
- vocative masculine singular of carnivorus
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