carnivorous

(kär-nĭv'ər-əs)
adj.

1. Of or relating to carnivores.
2. Flesh-eating or predatory: a carnivorous bird.
3. Characterized by destructive or predatory behavior or instincts: "a city becoming increasingly carnivorous as it becomes decreasingly serious about governance" (George F. Will).
4. Botany. Capable of trapping insects or other small organisms and absorbing nutrients from them; insectivorous.

[From Latin carnivorus : carō, carn-, flesh + -vorus, -vorous.]

carnivorously car·niv'o·rous·ly adv.
carnivorousness car·niv'o·rous·ness n.

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adj

Definition: eating animal flesh
Antonyms: vegetarian

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

adj.

Addicted to the cruelty of devouring the timorous vegetarian, his heirs and assigns.

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IN BRIEF: Feeding on animal tissue.

Lions and tigers are carnivorous animals.

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Common misspelling(s) of carnivorous

• carniverous

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kødædende

Nederlands (Dutch)
vleesetend

Français (French)
adj. - carnivore

Deutsch (German)
adj. - fleischfressend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σαρκοβόρος, σαρκοφάγος

Italiano (Italian)
carnivoro

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - carnívoro

Русский (Russian)
плотоядный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - carnívoro

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - köttätande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
食肉的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 食肉的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 육식성의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 肉食性の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) آكل للحوم, ضار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אוכל בשר‬

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