Meaning of CARNIVORE
| Pronunciation: | | 'kârnu`vowr
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- [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
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Car`ni*vore\, n. [Cf. F. carnivore.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Carnivora.
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| | Definition: | | An organism that eats animals. |
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| | Definition: | | an animal that eats primarily meat. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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