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1. (adj.) carnivorous
flesh-eating.
2. carnivorous
of or pertaining to the carnivores.
Etymology: (1640–50; < L carnivorus=carni-, comb. form of carō flesh +-vorus -vorous)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) carnivorous
relating to or characteristic of carnivores
"the lion and other carnivorous animals"
2. (adj) carnivorous
(used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals
"carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) carnivorous
eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics
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Sense: a flesh-eating animal
The lion is a carnivore.
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 Afrikaans: vleisetend |
 Arabic: لاحِم: آكل لُحوم |
 Bulgarian: месояден |
 Brazilian: carnívoro |
 Czech: masožravý |
 German: fleischfressend |
 Danish: kødædende |
 Greek: σαρκοφάγος |
 Spanish: carnívoro |
 Estonian: lihasööja- |
 Farsi: گوشتخوار؛ مربوط به گوشتخو |
 Finnish: lihansyöjä- |
 French: carnivore |
 Hebrew: אֲכִילַת בָּשַר |
 Hindi: मांसाहारी |
 Croatian: mesožderski |
 Hungarian: húsevő, ragadozó |
 Indonesian: buas |
 Icelandic: kjötætu-; rándÿrs- |
 Italian: carnivoro |
 Japanese: 肉食の |
 Korean: 육식성의 |
 Lithuanian: mėsėdis |
 Latvian: gaļēdājs |
 Malay: bersifat karnivor |
 Dutch: vleesetend |
 Norwegian: kjøttetende |
 Polish: mięsożerny |
 Persian: گوشتخوار؛ مربوط به گوشتخو |
 Pashto: دغوښو خوړونكى |
 Portuguese: carnívoro |
 Romanian: carnivor |
 Russian: плотоядный |
 Slovak: mäsožravý |
 Slovenian: mesojed |
 Serbian: mesožderski |
 Swedish: köttätande |
 Thai: ซึ่งกินเนื้อ |
 Turkish: etobur, et yiyen |
 Taiwanese: 食肉的 |
 Ukrainian: м'ясоїдний |
 Urdu: گوشت خور |
 Vietnamese: ăn thịt |
 Chinese: 食肉的 |
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