carnivorous

English

From Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”).

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɑːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/
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(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /kɑɹˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /kaːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/

carnivorous (comparative more carnivorous, superlative most carnivorous)

of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora

predatory or flesh-eating

Arabic: لَاحِم (lāḥim)
Armenian: մսակեր (hy) (msaker), գիշատիչ (hy) (gišatičʿ), գիշակեր (hy) (gišaker)
Asturian: carnívoru (ast)
Catalan: carnívor (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 食肉的 (zh) (shíròu de)
Czech: masožravý (cs)
Dutch: carnivoor (nl), vleesetend (nl)
Esperanto: karnovora
Faroese: kjøtetandi
Finnish: peto- (fi), lihansyöjä- (fi), lihaa syövä
French: carnivore (fr), carnassier (fr)
Galician: carnívoro (gl)
Georgian: ხორცისმჭამელი (xorcismč̣ameli)
German: fleischfressend (de)
Greek: σαρκοβόρος (el) (sarkovóros)
Ancient: σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos), κρεοφάγος (kreophágos), ζῳόφαγος (zōióphagos)
Hungarian: húsevő (hu), karnivor
Ingrian: hiisnoi
Irish: feoiliteach
Latin: carnivorus
Malay: maging
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: kjøtæt
Plautdietsch: fleeschfrätent
Polish: mięsożerny (pl), drapieżny (pl)
Portuguese: carnívoro (pt)
Russian: плотоя́дный (ru) (plotojádnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: feòil-itheach
Slovak: mäsožravý (sk)
Spanish: carnívoro (es)
Swedish: köttätande (sv)
Tagalog: lamankainin
Telugu: మాంసాహార (māṁsāhāra)
Ukrainian: м'ясоїдний (mʺjasojidnyj)
Welsh: cigysol (cy)

botany: insectivorous

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