Definition
Describing animals or people that eat meat or raw flesh as their primary diet.
Etymology
From Greek 'kreo' (meat) and 'phagein' (to eat) plus the adjectival suffix '-ous.' It's the technical biological term for carnivorous or meat-eating.
Kelly Says
Creophagous animals like lions and snakes have specialized digestive systems tuned to extract maximum nutrition from meat—their stomach acid is way stronger than in animals that eat plants!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እንስሳ አጥንት በላለው
in-sisa atint bela-lew
ARالعربية
أكل البول
akl al-buul
BNবাংলা
মাংসখাওয়া
maṃs-khaowa
CACatalà
creòfag
kre-o-fag
CSČeština
kreofág
kreo-fa-g
DADansk
kreofag
kre-o-fag
DEDeutsch
Kreopfresser
kreo-ˈfɛsər
ELΕλληνικά
κρεοφάγος
kreo-fά-gos
ESEspañol
creófago
kre-o-ˈfa-go
FISuomi
kreofagi
kreo-fa-gi
FRFrançais
créophagous
kre-o-fa-ɡus
GUGU
શાકહારી
sha-ka-ha-ri
HAHA
magan-kifi
ma-gan-ki-fi
HEעברית
אכילת בשר
achilat beshar
HIहिन्दी
क्रेओफैगस
kreo-fa-gas
HUMagyar
kreofág
kre-o-faːg
IDBahasa Indonesia
pemakan bangkai
pe-ma-kan ban-kai
ITItaliano
creofago
kre-o-ˈfa-ɡo
JA日本語
クリーオファガス
kurisiofagasu
KO한국어
크레오파기스
keureopagisis
MRMR
मांसाहारी
maṃsāhā-ri
MSBahasa Melayu
pemakan bangkai
pe-ma-kan ban-kai
NLNederlands
creophagous
kreo-fa-gus
NONorsk
kreofag
kre-o-fag
PAPA
ਮਾংਸਾਹਾਰੀ
maṃsāhā-ri
PLPolski
kreofagus
kreo-fa-gus
PTPortuguês
creófago
kre-o-ˈfa-ɡu
RORomână
creofag
kre-o-fag
RUРусский
креофаг
kreo-fag
SVSvenska
kreofag
kre-o-fag
SWKiswahili
mnyamnyama
mnyam-nyama
TAதமிழ்
சாணியை உண்ணும்
saani-ai unnum
TEతెలుగు
మాంసాహారం
māṃsāhāram
TLTL
kumain ng bangkay
ku-main ng ban-kai
TRTürkçe
kreofagus
kre-o-fa-gus
UKУкраїнська
креофаг
kreo-fag
VITiếng Việt
ăn xác chết
an xác chết
ZUZU
umshayeli
um-sha-ye-li