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Origin:
1640–50; < Latin carnivorus, equivalent to carni- (combining form of carō flesh) + -vorus -vorous
1640–50; < Latin carnivorus, equivalent to carni- (combining form of carō flesh) + -vorus -vorous
Related forms
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
EXPANDnon·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
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. meat-eating, predatory, predacious.
1. meat-eating, predatory, predacious.
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Carnivorous
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example Sentences
- Large carnivorous animals both hunt and scavenge food.
- Around the world carnivorous plants are on the decline, the victims of habitat loss, illegal poaching and pollution.
- West is every centimeter a carnivorous military beast.
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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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