Значение

значений: 4
  1. An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.

    As juveniles the crocodiles are frequently predated by larger carnivores.

    any animal that feeds on flesh

  2. A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.

    The panda and the panther are both carnivores.

    Fleischfresser

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

    Fleischesser, Fleischesserin

  4. (разговорное)A follower of the carnivore diet.

Примеры

предложений: 18
  1. The pike and the perch are carnivores.

    Щука и окунь — плотоядные. — Wezel

  2. That animal is a carnivore.

    Это животное плотоядно. — corvard

  3. The lion is a carnivore.

    Лев плотояден. — marafon

  4. Pike and perch are carnivores.

    Щука и окунь — плотоядные. — Wezel

  5. Tigers are carnivores.

    Тигры - плотоядные. — KamilOcean

Переводы

языков: 8
Русский
По значениям 1
meat-eating animal:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
meat-eating animal:
person who is not a vegetarian:

Происхождение

Borrowed from French carnivore, from Latin carnivorus. In the zoological sense, coined by

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.

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