carnivore

Noun
US[kahr-nih-vawr]/ˈkɑrnɪˌvɔr/3 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)carnivores

  1. a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal“terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb”Type of placental, placental mammalKinds bear, fissiped mammal, feline, canine, musteline mammal, viverrine, procyonidMember of Carnivora, order Carnivora
  2. any animal that feeds on flesh“Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore”“insectivorous plants are considered carnivores”Type of predator, predatory animal
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Car′ni·vore (kär′nĭ-vōr), noun

Origin: Cf. F. carnivore.

Zoology One of the Carnivora.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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