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CARNIVORE
carnivore
(noun) any animal that feeds on flesh; “Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore”; “insectivorous plants are considered carnivores”
carnivore
(noun) a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; “terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
carnivore (plural carnivores)
An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.
Synonyms: meat-eater, zoophage
(zoology) A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
Synonym: carnivoran
(informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.
Synonyms: meat-eater, meatarian, meatatarian (often humorous), kreophagist (now rare), nonvegetarian
Usage notes
Not all meat-eaters (e.g. meat-eating birds and fish) belong to Carnivora, and not all Carnivora are meat-eaters (e.g. giant panda). To avoid the confusion, a new term carnivoran has been introduced to mean "belonging to Carnivora".
Synonyms
• zoophage
• meatarian, meatatarian (of people)
Proper noun
Carnivore
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Source: Wiktionary
Car`ni*vore, n. Etym: [Cf. F. carnivore.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Carnivora.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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