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Carnivore

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an animal that feeds primarily on the flesh of other animals
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caro
Latin · ancient
"flesh, meat"
flesh, meat, combined with vorare (to devour)
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carnivore
English · 1830s
"an animal that primarily eats meat"
adopted by biologists for an animal that primarily eats meat
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