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The name "carnivore" is derived from 2 Latin words. "Caro" meaning flesh, and "vorare" meaning to eat ("voracious" is derived from vorare), devour.
In Latin these 2 words were combined to produce "carivorus", one who devours flesh.
The French naturalist Baron Cuvier applied the term Carnivora to a large group of meat-eating mammals in 1830. The term "carnivore" itself is first recorded in 1854.
So, I believe the strict answer to your question is that "carnivore" means "any creature that devours flesh". These days, however, it is applied to animals that consume
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meat. Those that consume meat and other food stuffs are referred to as being "omniverous" which means "all consuming" (again from Latin).
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And vorare comes originally from vorax, a pit.
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My two growing boys are bottomless vorax.
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Quote from: blakestyger on 31/05/2008 22:37:36
And vorare comes originally from vorax, a pit.
Does it? I thought vorax was derived from vorare and is an adjective meaning glutttonous.
Are you maybe confusing vorax with vorago which means a chasm, pit or abyss?
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