An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
CARNIVOROUS
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
Etymology
Adjective
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.
Synonyms
• sarcophagic
• sarcophagous
Anagrams
• Coronavirus, corona virus, corona-virus, coronavirus
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
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