carnivoor

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”), itself from carō (“flesh, meat”) + vorāre (“to devour”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌkɑrniˈvoːr/
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  • Hyphenation: car‧ni‧voor
  • Rhymes: -oːr

Noun

carnivoor m (plural carnivoren, diminutive carnivoortje n)

  1. carnivore, meat-eating creature

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