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carnivorous
adjective
[ kɑːˈnɪv(ə)rəs ]
• (of an animal) feeding on other animals.
Similar:
meat-eating
,
flesh-eating
,
predatory
, of prey,
hunting
,
raptorial
,
creophagous
,
zoophagous
,
Opposite:
herbivorous
,
vegetarian
,
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin carnivorus, from caro, carn- ‘flesh’ + -vorus (see -vorous).
