Carnivorous

  • 21carnivorous animals — plėšrieji žvėrys statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Laukiniai žinduoliai, mintantys gyvūniniu maistu. Kūno sandara, elgsena ir gyvenimo būdas pritaikyti grobuoniškai mitybai: turi aštrius nagus, dideles iltis, išlavėjusią uoslę …

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  • 22carnivorous — adjective Etymology: Latin carnivorus, from carn , caro + vorus vorous Date: 1592 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… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 23carnivorous — animal or flesh eating; zoophagous …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 24carnivorous — adj. [L. carnis, flesh; vorare, to devour] Eating or living on flesh or other animals …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 25carnivorous — adjective /kɑɹˈnɪv.əɹ.əs/ a) Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order . b) Predatory or flesh eating …

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  • 26carnivorous — Flesh eating; subsisting on animals as food. SYN: zoophagous. * * * car·niv·o·rous kär niv (ə )rəs adj 1) subsisting or feeding on animal tissues 2) of or relating to the carnivores car·niv·o·rous·ly adv car·niv·o·rous·ness n * * * car·niv·o·rous …

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  • 27carnivorous — Synonyms and related words: cannibal, cannibalistic, commensal, dietetic, dining, eating, feeding, flesh eating, fruitarian, gastronomic, gluttonous, grain eating, graminivorous, granivorous, grass eating, herbivorous, insect eating,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 28carnivorous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. flesh eating; predatory, predaceous. See food, animal. Ant., herbivorous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. flesh eating, meat eating, predatory, voracious; see greedy 2 , hungry , rapacious 2 . III… …

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  • 29carnivorous — eating flesh Feeding and Eating …

    Phrontistery dictionary

  • 30carnivorous — car niv·o·rous || rÉ™s adj. meat eating, feeding on animal flesh …

    English contemporary dictionary