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Carnifex literally means butcher in Latin and in the history of ancient Rome refers to an executioner. The term was used as a nickname for the Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, and his son Pompey was called adulescentulus carnifex 'teenage executioner'
It may also refer to:
Species edit
- Abropus carnifex, a species of ground beetle in the monotypic genus Abropus
- Cardisoma carnifex, a species of terrestrial crab
- Dendropsophus carnifex, a species of frog
- Metius carnifex, a species of ground beetle
- Metoecis carnifex, a species of snout moth
- Phoenicircus carnifex, the Guianan red cotinga, a species of bird
- Polistes carnifex, a species of wasp
- Pyrausta carnifex, a species of moth
- Thylacoleo carnifex, the marsupial lion, an extinct carnivorous mammal species
- Triturus carnifex, the Italian crested newt
- Xenobolus carnifex, a species of millipede
Other uses edit
- Carnifex, a novel by Tom Kratman
- Carnifex, a unit fielded by the Tyranid faction in the Warhammer 40,000 setting
- Carnifex (band), an American deathcore band
- Carnifex (film), 2022 Australian horror thriller starring Alexandra Park (actress)
- Carnifex (Wild Cards), a character created by John J. Miller for the Wild Cards series of Science Fiction anthologies
See also edit
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