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carnivore

noun
🔊/ˈkɑːnɪvɔː(r)/
🔊/ˈkɑːrnɪvɔːr/
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  1. any animal that eats meat食肉动物 compare herbivore, insectivore, omnivoreTopics Animalsc2
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, from Latin carnivorus, from caro, carn- ‘flesh’ + -vorus (from vorare ‘devour’).