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Definition of Carnivorous

1. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of carnivores. "The lion and other carnivorous animals"

2. Adjective. (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals. "Carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects"

Definition of Carnivorous

1. a. Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.

Definition of Carnivorous

1. Adjective. Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order ''Canivora''. ¹

2. Adjective. Predatory or flesh eating. ¹

3. Adjective. (botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carnivorous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Carnivorous

1. Flesh-eating; subsisting on animals as food. Synonym: zoophagous. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carnivorous

carnitine palmitoyltransferase carnitine racemase carnitines carnivalesque carnivalistic carnivals carnivoracity carnivoran carnivorans carnivore

carnivores carnivories carnivorism carnivorous carnivorous bat carnivorous plant carnivorously carnivorousness carnivory carnivourous

carnography carnosaur carnosaurs carnose carnosinase carnosine carnosine synthetase

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