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
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
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".
• zoophage
• meatarian, meatatarian (of people)
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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
