Peto — meaning in English
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English meaning
- beast noun A large or dangerous four-footed animal.
- carnivorous adjective Feeding mainly or entirely on the flesh of other animals.
- fiend noun An evil or demonic being; by extension, a cruel or wicked person.
- predator noun An animal that survives by hunting and eating other animals.
Senses
Peto is used for these senses in English:
- Beast (biblical) A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.
- beast (often, _, collective) All non-human animals seen as a group.
- beast A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
- beast of prey A carnivorous animal that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates.
- carnivorous Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
- carnivorous Predatory or flesh-eating.
- fiend A very evil person.
- predator Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other non-plant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
beast — full definition
- noun A large or dangerous four-footed animal.
- noun A cruel, violent, or uncivilized person.
- noun Informally, someone or something remarkably powerful, impressive, or difficult.
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