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Russian
Etymology
From мясо (mjaso, “meat”) + -ед (-ed, “eater”).
Pronunciation
Noun
мясое́д • (mjasojéd) m anim (genitive мясое́да, nominative plural мясое́ды, genitive plural мясое́дов)
- a carnivore
- (religion) meat eating period
1869, Иван Гончаров [Ivan Goncharov], “Часть V. Глава XI”, in Обрыв; English translation from Stephen Pearl, transl., Malinovka Heights, Alma Classics, 2020:Пита́лась она́ одни́м ко́фе да ча́ем, хле́бом, карто́фелем и огурца́ми, иногда́ ры́бою, да́же в мясое́д.- Pitálasʹ oná odním kófe da čájem, xlébom, kartófelem i ogurcámi, inogdá rýboju, dáže v mjasojéd.
- She consumed nothing but coffee and tea, bread, potatoes and cucumber, and occasionally fish, even at times when meat was allowed.
Declension
Synonyms
- хи́щник (xíščnik, “a predator who hunts and kills animals to eat their meat”)