Car`niv´o`ra
| n. pl. | 1. | (Zool.) 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. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Carnivora - cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipediaanimal order - the order of animals Eutheria, subclass Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupials carnivore - a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb" 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 Mustelidae, Mustelidae - weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens family Procyonidae, Procyonidae - raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas |
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