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meat eater

meat eater is the alternative form of meateater.

Meaning of meateater

Noun

meateater (plural meateaters)

  1. A person who eats meat.
    • A group of 65 Asian meateaters were age and sex matched with Caucasian meateaters. Significantly higher antibody levels were detected in the Asian group (p < 0.01), where 32.3% were found to be seropositive compared with 17% in the Caucasian group.1993, MJ Webberley, JM Webberley, P Lowe, V Melikian, D Newell, “Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Vegans and Meat Eaters”, in Helicobacter pylori and Gastroduodenal Pathology...
  2. A carnivorous animal.
    • Coordinate term: planteater

Forms of meat eater

pluralmeat eaters

Questions about meat eater

What is meat eater the alternative form of?
Meat eater is the alternative form of meateater.

Words near meat eater in the dictionary

  1. meat curtains
  2. meat diaper
  3. meat diapers
  4. meat draw
  5. meat draws
  6. meat eater
  7. meat eaters
  8. meat flaps
  9. meat flies
  10. meat floss
  11. meat fly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: meat eater (page history and authors); meateater (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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