英语词汇carnivora的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	carnivora
词源	Carnivora n. order of meat-eating mammals, 1830, from Latin (animalia) carnivora "flesh-eating (animals)," neuter plural of carnivorus "flesh-eating" (see carnivorous). Applied as the scientific name of a large order of flesh-eating mammals by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832). Related: Carnivoral. Entries linking to carnivora carnivorous adj. "eating or feeding on flesh," 1640s, from Latin carnivorus "flesh-eating, feeding on flesh," from caro (genitive carnis) "flesh" (originally "a piece of flesh," from PIE root sker- (1) "to cut") + vorare "to devour" (from PIE root gwora- "food, devouring"). Related: Carnivorously; carnivorousness; carnivoracity. updated on October 10, 2017
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Carnivora n.