Definition of carnivora Carnivora
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What does carnivora mean?
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| carnivora - cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia | ||
| order Carnivora | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| eutheria, subclass eutheria all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | ||
| carnivore any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores" | ||
| pinnipedia, suborder pinnipedia seals; sea lions; walruses | ||
| canidae, family canidae dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes | ||
| family hyaenidae, hyaenidae hyenas | ||
| family felidae, felidae cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers | ||
| family ursidae, ursidae bears and extinct related forms | ||
| family viverridae, family viverrinae, viverridae, viverrinae genets; civets; mongooses | ||
| family mustelidae, mustelidae weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- carnivora (n. pl.)
An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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carnivora
kar-niv′ō-ra, n.pl. order of flesh-eating animals.—n. Car′nivore, a carnivorous animal.—adj. Carniv′orous, flesh-eating.—adv. Carniv′orously.—n. Carniv′orousness. [L. caro, carnis, flesh, vorus, devouring.]
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The order Carnivora is a group of mammals. The group is divided into the "cat-like" Feliformia and the "dog-like" Caniformia.
Animals of the order Carnivora are called carnivorans, but often are called "carnivores". Many animals of Carnivora are carnivores, but there are also a lot of omnivores, and a few of the animals eat mostly plants.
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🔤- carnivora, noun, singular of carnivoras / carnivorae.
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