Definition of Carnivore

1. Noun. A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal. "Terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb"


2. Noun. Any animal that feeds on flesh. "Insectivorous plants are considered carnivores"
Generic synonyms: Predator, Predatory Animal

Definition of Carnivore

1. n. One of the Carnivora.

Definition of Carnivore

1. Proper noun. a computer system designed by the FBI to monitor e-mail and electronic communications ¹

2. Noun. Any animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet. ¹

3. Noun. (taxonomy) A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carnivore

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Carnivore

1. An organism that eats animals. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carnivore

carnitine coenzyme A ligase
carnitine dehydratase
carnitine o-acetyltransferase
carnitine o-palmitoyltransferase
carnitine palmitoyltransferase
carnitine racemase
carnitines
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carnivalistic
carnivals
carnivoracity
carnivoran
carnivorans
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carnivores
carnivories
carnivorism
carnivorous
carnivorous bat
carnivorous plant
carnivorously
carnivorousness
carnivory
carnivourous
carnography
carnosaur
carnosaurs
carnose

Literary usage of Carnivore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection by William J. Zielinski, Thomas E. Kucera (1998)
"Our emphasis on the Northern Rocky Mountain Forest and Shining Mountains ecoprovinces reflects sympatric occurrence of up to all four forest carnivore ..."

2. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"This is much the largest and most dominant of the carnivore families. ... The fossa is a very cat-like carnivore; it is the largest carnivore native to ..."

3. The Modalist: Or, The Laws of Rational Conviction. A Textbook in Formal Or by Edward John Hamilton (1891)
"Knowing simply that "some carnivores are quadrupeds, and some quadrupeds lions," we say, "A carnivore may be a lion." This is an unstable contingency ..."

4. Vorlesungen über Pflanzenphysiologie by Ludwig Jost (1904)
"Diese viel untersuchten und noch mehr genannten carnivore n oder, wie mau auch spezieller zu sagen pflegt, ..."

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