# carnivore

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː/ · frequency rank #42,569

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

## Etymology
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.

## Common misspellings (13)
`acrnivore`, `canrivore`, `carinvore`, `carniovre`, `carnivoer`, `carnivorre`, `carnivroe`, `carnivvore`, `carnnivore`, `carnviore`, `carrnivore`, `ccarnivore`, `cranivore`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/carnivore