Definition of carnivore Carnivore
/kɑˈɹnɪvɔˌɹ/ - [karnivor] - car•ni•vore
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NounPlural: carnivores |
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| carnivore - a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb" | ||
| eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | ||
| carnivora, order carnivora cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia | ||
| fissiped, fissiped mammal terrestrial carnivores; having toes separated to the base: dogs; cats; bears; badgers; raccoons | ||
| canid, canine any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles | ||
| felid, feline any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws | ||
| bear massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws | ||
| viverrine, viverrine mammal small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World | ||
| mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals | ||
| carnivore - any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- carnivore (n.)
One of the Carnivora.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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carnivore
An animal that eats meat.
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A carnivore is an animal that eats mostly meat. Dogs and cats are carnivores.
The word "Carnivora" comes from Latin, where "Carne" means "flesh" or "meat", and "Vorare" is a verb meaning "eat", that is "meat-eater".
"Scavengers" are carnivores that eat other animals which they did not kill themselves and which have been dead for a time. Carnivores that eat mainly or only insects are called "insectivores". Carnivores that eat mainly or only fish are called "piscivores".
The word "Carnivore" also can mean any animal in the scientific order Carnivora. Most animals in Carnivora eat meat, but some do not.
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🔤- carnivore, noun, singular of carnivores.
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