carnivore
NounUS[kahr-nih-vawr]/ˈkɑrnɪˌvɔr/3 syllables
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Noun (2)carnivores
- 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
- 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