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carnivorous



car·niv·o·rous [ kär-ˈni-v(ə-)rəs]



carnivorous   
adjective

Definition of carnivorous

1 : subsisting or feeding on animal tissues
2 of a plant : subsisting on nutrients obtained from the breakdown of animal protoplasm (as of insects)
3 : of or relating to the carnivores
4 : rapacious


Other Words from carnivorous
carnivorously adverb
carnivorousness noun
carnivory \ kär-​ˈni-​və-​rē \ noun



Did You Know

The order of mammals that Linnaeus named the Carnivora includes such families as the dogs, the bears, the raccoons, the weasels, the hyenas, the cats, and the seals. Most carnivores eat only meat in the wild, but some have varied diets; some bears, for instance, normally eat far more vegetation than meat. Carnivores have powerful jaws and complex teeth, and most are highly intelligent. Humans, like their ape cousins, are basically omnivores.



Recent Examples on the Web


//This three-bedroom, 3,700-square-foot townhouse is anything from ordinary, fully embellished with distinct props fans would recognize from the series, from Wednesday’s beheaded doll to Morticia’s carnivorous plants.
— Nashia Baker, House Beautiful, "You Can Spend the Night in the Addams Family Mansion This Halloween," 10 Oct. 2019
//At the park’s eastern reach, Mount Baldy still shifted and carnivorous plants kept up their diet of tiny insects at Pinhook Bog.
— Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, "Indiana Dunes’ first summer as a national park brings ‘crush of visitors,’ breaking records: ‘It’s always been spectacular, but the name seems to resonate’," 17 Sep. 2019
//The carnivorous dinosaur had something akin to an air conditioner in its skull, according to a new study published Wednesday in the The Anatomical Record.
— Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Tyrannosaurus rex had a built-in air conditioner, study says," 5 Sep. 2019
//Cyrodrakon was carnivorous, feasting on a diet of mammals, lizards and baby dinosaurs.
— Ashley Strickland, CNN, "'Frozen dragon of the north wind' was one of the largest animals to ever fly," 10 Sep. 2019
//In another, a man walks down the street dangling a large piece of pork from a hook, the carnivorous equivalent of bragging about his Lamborghini.
— Washington Post, "China loves its pork but prices are rising and that could be a problem," 5 Sep. 2019
//Manjoo speculates that people react this way to vegans because their convictions challenge us, highlighting the unbearable tension between our sentimentality about certain animals and our carnivorous desire to consume them.
— Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, "Is the Future Vegan?," 30 Aug. 2019
//That's where the carnivorous cobra lily comes in—and their self defense mechanism could also save the rest of the plants in your garden.
— Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, "Carnivorous Cobra Lilies Will Actually Eat Pests For You—And You Can Buy Them on Amazon," 19 July 2019
//The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to ban the trapping of the Humboldt marten, a small carnivorous mammal that lives in the state’s old growth forests.
— oregonlive, "Oregon bans trapping of tiny coastal Humboldt marten," 16 Sep. 2019


First Known Use of carnivorous

1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1



History and Etymology for carnivorous

Latin carnivorus, from carn-, caro + -vorus -vorous



Dictionary Entries near carnivorous

Carnivori

carnivorism

carnivority

carnivorous

carnosaur

Carnosauria

carnose



More Definitions forcarnivorous

carnivorous

adjective
car·​niv·​o·​rous | \ kär-ˈni-və-rəs \

Kids Definition of carnivorous

: feeding on animal flesh or tissue
//Wolves are carnivorous animals.

carnivorous

adjective
car·​niv·​o·​rous | \ kär-ˈniv-(ə-)rəs \

Medical Definition of carnivorous

1 : subsisting or feeding on animal tissues
2 : of or relating to the carnivores

Other Words from carnivorous

carnivorously adverb
carnivorousness noun