different between meatatarian vs carnivore

English

Etymology

Blend of meat +? vegetarian; compare pescetarian.

Noun

meatatarian (plural meatatarians)

1. A person who exclusively or predominantly eats meat.

Usage notes

Often used popularly or humorously, particularly in opposition to vegetarianism. In formal usage meatarian is more often used.

Synonyms

• carnivore
• meatarian

Antonyms

• vegetarian

Translations

See also

• meatatarian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• -arian
• -tarian

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