Meanings
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1
adj
relating to or characteristic of carnivores
The lion and other carnivorous animals.
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adj
(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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anticarnivorouscarnivorouslycarnivorousnesshypercarnivoroushypocarnivorousmacrocarnivorousmesocarnivorousnoncarnivorousprotocarnivorousuncarnivorous
Etymology
From Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”).
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