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Carnivorous

Carnivorous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Carnivorous? [adj] (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects" [adj] relating to or characteristic of carnivores; "the lion and other carnivorous animals" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Carnivorous: flesh-eating(a) \| meat-eating(a) \| piscivorous \| predaceous \| predacious \| zoophagous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Carnivorous: cannibal \| cannibalistic \| commensal \| dietetic \| dining \| eating \| feeding \| flesh-eating \| fruitarian \| gastronomic \| gluttonous \| grain-eating \| graminivorous \| granivorous \| grass-eating \| herbivorous \| insect-eating \| insectivorous \| lactovegetarian \| man-eating \| meat-eating \| mensal \| nourishing \| nutritious \| omnivorous \| omophagous \| pantophagous \| phytivorous \| phytophagous \| plant-eating \| postprandial \| prandial \| predacious \| preprandial \| vegetable-eating \| vegetarian See Also \| Carnivorous In Webster's Dictionary \Carniv"orous\, a. [L. carnivorus; caro, carnis, flesh + varare to devour.] Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.

Carnivorous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Carnivorous?

[adj] (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects"
[adj] relating to or characteristic of carnivores; "the lion and other carnivorous animals"

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Carnivorous In Webster's Dictionary

\Car*niv"o*rous\, a. [L. carnivorus; caro, carnis,
flesh + varare to devour.]
Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied:
(a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the
    tiger, dog, etc.;
(b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food;
(c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.

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