Etymology

carnivoracity

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Today it means: greedy appetite for meat Full definition →

Latin caro, carnis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcaro, carnis“flesh, meat”
  2. English todaycarnivoracity

From oblique stem of Latin caro, carnis (“flesh, meat”) + -i- + voracity.

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