carnivore
noun /ˈkɑːnɪvɔː(r)/
/ˈkɑːrnɪvɔːr/
- any animal that eats meat compare herbivore, insectivore, omnivoreTopics Animalsc2Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, from Latin carnivorus, from caro, carn- ‘flesh’ + -vorus (from vorare ‘devour’).