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

a computer system designed by the FBI to monitor e-mail and electronic communications

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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