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Definition of Carnivora
1. Noun. Cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Eutheria, Subclass Eutheria
Member holonyms: Carnivore, Pinnipedia, Suborder Pinnipedia, Canidae, Family Canidae, Family Hyaenidae, Hyaenidae, Family Felidae, Felidae, Family Ursidae, Ursidae, Family Viverridae, Family Viverrinae, Viverridae, Viverrinae, Family Mustelidae, Mustelidae, Family Procyonidae, Procyonidae
Definition of Carnivora
1. n. pl. 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.
Definition of Carnivora
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Medical Definition of Carnivora
1. An order of chiefly flesh-eating mammals that includes the cats, dogs, bears, civets, minks, and hyenas, as well as the raccoon and panda; some species are omnivorous or herbivorous. Origin: L. Carnivorus, fr. Caro (carn-), flesh, + voro, to devour (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carnivora
Literary usage of Carnivora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"We shall deal at present with the land division of the Carnivora, the Carnivora
FISSIPEDIA as they are generally termed. The name is of course given to them ..."
2. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"In any region the Carnivora are less numerous than the ... The Carnivora are
divisible into three well-marked suborders, called respectively the Pinnipedia, ..."
3. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"Carnivora. ORDER IX. Carnivora.—The ninth order of Mammals is that of the Carnivora,
comprising the Fern, or Beasts of Prey, along with the old order of the ..."
4. The Cat: An Introduction to the Study of Backboned Animals, Especially Mammals by St. George Jackson Mivart (1881)
"The three sub- orders of carnivora being thus brought near — gether in the past,
to what other group can they — ie, can- whole order Carnivora — be ..."
5. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1887)
"Suborder Carnivora PRIMIGENIA. It appears advisable to notice the chief ...
This writer regards the group as of equivalent value with both Carnivora and ..."
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