carniceiro — meaning in English
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English meaning
- butcher noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
- carnassial noun A large, sharp tooth at the back of a meat-eating animal's jaw, used for cutting through flesh.
- scavenger noun A person who searches through discarded items for useful things.
Senses
carniceiro is used for these senses in English:
- butcher (figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
- carnassial One of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower molar.
- scavenger An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
butcher — full definition
- noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
- noun Someone who kills brutally or without mercy.
- verb To slaughter animals and cut up the meat for sale.
- verb To ruin or botch something badly.
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