carnivore

car·ni·vore  (kärn-vôr, -vr)

n.

1. A flesh-eating animal.

2. Any of various predatory, flesh-eating mammals of the order Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, bears, weasels, hyenas, and raccoons.

3. One who victimizes or injures others; a predator.

4. An insectivorous plant.

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[From French, meat-eating, from Latin carnivorus; see carnivorous.]

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carnivore [car-niv-vore, car-niv-or-uss]

Noun

1. a meat-eating animal

2. Informal an aggressively ambitious person [Latin caro flesh + vorare to consume]

carnivorous

Adjective

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carnivore  (kärn-vôr)

1.

a. An animal that feeds chiefly on the flesh of other animals. Carnivores include predators such as lions and alligators, and scavengers such as hyenas and vultures. In a food chain, carnivores are either secondary or tertiary consumers. Compare detritivoreherbivore

b. Any of various generally meat-eating mammals of the order Carnivora. Carnivores have large, sharp canine teeth and large brains, and the musculoskeletal structure of their forelimbs permits great flexibility for springing at prey. Many carnivores remain in and defend a single territory. Dogs, cats, bears, weasels, raccoons, hyenas, and (according to some classifications) seals and walruses are all carnivores.

2. A plant that eats insects, such as a Venus flytrap.

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carnivore

a meat-eating animal. Cf. herbivore. — camivorous, adj.

See also: Animals

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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 procyonid - plantigrade carnivorous mammals
	2.	carnivore - any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores" predatory animal, predator - any animal that lives by preying on other animals

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carnivore

Translations

carnivore [ˈkɑːnɪvɔːʳ] n → carnívoro/a

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carnivore

n carnivore [ˈkaːnivoː]

a flesh-eating animal The lion is a carnivore. karnivoor; vleiseter لاحم: يعتاش لاحِم: يَعْتاشُ على اللحوم хищник masožravec kødæder der Fleischfresser σαρκοφάγο ζώο carnívoro lihasööja گوشتخوار lihansyöjä carnassier אוֹכֵל בָּשַׂר मांसाहारी पशु mesožder húsevő karnivora kjötæta; rándÿr carnivoro 肉食動物 육식 동물 mėsėdis gyvūnas gaļēdājs dzīvnieks karnivor vleeseter kjøtteter; rovdyr zwierzę mięsożerne carnívoro carnivor плотоядное животное mäsožravec mesojedec mesožder köttätare สัตว์กินเนื้อ etobur, et yiyen 食肉動物 м'ясоїдна тварина گوشت خور جانور động vật ăn thịt 食肉动物

adj carˈnivorous

vleisetend لاحِم: آكل لُحوم месояден masožravý kødædende fleischfressend σαρκοφάγος carnívoro lihasööja- گوشتخوار؛ مربوط به گوشتخواران lihansyöjä- carnivore אֲכִילַת בָּשַר मांसाहारी mesožderski húsevő, ragadozó buas kjötætu-; rándÿrs- carnivoro 肉食の 육식성의 mėsėdis gaļēdājs bersifat karnivor vleesetend kjøttetende mięsożerny carnívoro carnivor плотоядный mäsožravý mesojed mesožderski köttätande ซึ่งกินเนื้อ etobur, et yiyen 食肉的 м'ясоїдний گوشت خور ăn thịt 食肉的

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