carnivorous
(adjective) (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; “carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects”
carnivorous
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of carnivores; “the lion and other carnivorous animals”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
carnivorous (comparative more carnivorous, superlative most carnivorous)
Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Predatory or flesh eating.
(botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
• sarcophagic
• sarcophagous
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Source: Wiktionary
Car*niv"o*rous, a. Etym: [L. carnivorus; caro, carnis, flesh + varare to devour.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2024
(noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
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