car·niv·o·rous

[kahr-niv-er-uhs]
adjective
1.
flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
2.
of the carnivores.

Origin:
1640–50; < Latin carnivorus, equivalent to carni- (combining form of carō flesh) + -vorus -vorous

car·niv·o·rism, noun
car·niv·o·rous·ly, adverb
car·niv·o·rous·ness, noun
non·car·niv·o·rous, adjective
non·car·niv·o·rous·ly, adverb
non·car·niv·o·rous·ness, noun
un·car·niv·o·rous, adjective
un·car·niv·o·rous·ly, adverb
un·car·niv·o·rous·ness, noun

carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous.


1. meat-eating, predatory, predacious.
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carnivorous (kɑːˈnɪvərəs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  (esp of animals) feeding on flesh
2.  (of plants such as the pitcher plant and sundew) able to trap and digest insects and other small animals
3.  of or relating to the Carnivora
4.  informal aggressively ambitious or reactionary
 
[C17: from Latin carnivorus, from carō flesh + vorāre to consume]
 
car'nivorously
 
adv
 
car'nivorousness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

carnivorous
1646, from L. carnivorus "flesh-eating," from caro "flesh" + vorare "to devour" (see voracious).
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Example sentences
Carnivorous tigerfish had braved the poisoned streams and were feeding on flesh
  that had fallen into the water.
Carnivorous bottom feeders, eating mostly fish and invertebrates.
He found crocodile tooth marks on one bone of a carnivorous dinosaur.
The plants, popularly known as tropical pitcher plants or monkey cups, are
  carnivorous.
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