Meaning of carnivore in English
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Noun
carnivoreEtymology
mid 19th century: from French, from Latin carnivorus (see carnivorous)Definitions
1. terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammalExamples
- « terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb »
- 2. any animal that feeds on flesh
Examples
- « Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore »
- « insectivorous plants are considered carnivores »
Famous quotes
- « Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages. » Julia Child