carnivore

Meaning

Noun

• An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.
• A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
• A person who is not a vegetarian.
• A follower of the carnivore diet

Related

Similar words

• zoophage
• meatarian, meatatarian

Origin

• Borrowed from French carnivore, from Latin carnivorus. In the zoological sense, as an adaptation of Cuvier's coinage, French carnivore.