eater

A person or animal who eats.

a very fussy eater

"He is the right sort of man for a labourer, but he is a terrible eater, to be sure," thought the farmer.

A fruit or other food that is suitable for eating, especially one that is intended to be eaten uncooked.

The bass is a fine eater.

For the British market, apples are classed as early, mid-season, or late, and subdivided into eaters or cookers.

A configuration of cells that appears to consume another configuration by gradually causing it to disappear.

But there are many queen bee configurations in which the debris is neutralized, including placement of a block or eater near the bee's turnaround point, or placing two queen bees in a line or at right angles in various positions and phases.

The eater can also destroy a snail, but changes its phase while doing so.