carnivorous
adjective
uk/kɑːˈnɪv.ər.əs/us/kɑːrˈnɪv.ɚ.əs/relatingto aperson,animal, or otherlivingthing thateatsmeat:
carnivorousplants
I gave up my carnivorousdietseveralyearsago.
Farmedcodandhaddockare carnivorous and need to befedotherseafish.
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carnivore
- Cats are just about the most carnivorousanimalson theplanet.
- She washorrifiedtodiscovercattle, which are not carnivorous, were beingfedthe ground-upremainsof otheranimals.
- Carnivorousfishaccumulatehigherlevelsoftoxinsthantheirherbivorecounterparts.
- They are carnivorousanimalsand it istheirinstincttokillandeat.
Plants & animals - general words
- animal kingdom
- anti-parasitic
- autotroph
- biota
- biped
- family
- fauna
- flora
- flora and fauna
- greenery
- migrant
- non-mammalian
- non-placental
- omnivore
- omnivorous
- ruminant
- scavenger
- secondary consumer
- songster
- undomesticated