About The Word Carnivore

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Carnivore

Carnivore Meaning & Definition
Carnivore Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Carnivore?

[n] any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores"
[n] terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb

Synonyms | Synonyms for Carnivore:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Carnivore: amphibian | aquatic | biped | board-and-roomer | boarder | bon vivant | Brillat-Savarin | canine | cannibal | Chiroptera | connoisseur of food | consumer | cosmopolite | diner | diner-out | eater | eater-out | epicure | feeder | feline | flesh-eater | fruitarian | gastronome | glutton | gnawer | gourmand | gourmet | grain-eater | graminivore | granivore | herbivore | high liver | hungry mouth | insectivore | invertebrate | lactovegetarian | Lagomorpha | Lucullus | luncher | mammal | mammalian | man-eater | marsupial | marsupialian | meat-eater | mouth | omnivore | omophagist | pantophagist | phytophage | picnicker | plant-eater | predacean | primate | Primates | quadruped | reptile | rodent | Rodentia | ruminant | scavenger | trencherman | ungulate | varmint | vegetarian | vermin | vertebrate

See Also | bear | canid | canine | Carnivora | eutherian | eutherian mammal | felid | feline | fissiped | fissiped mammal | mustelid | musteline | musteline mammal | order Carnivora | placental | placental mammal | predator | predatory animal | procyonid | viverrine | viverrine mammal

Carnivore In Webster's Dictionary

\Car`ni*vore\, n. [Cf. F. carnivore.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Carnivora.

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