Carnivorous

  • 31carnivorous — [kα: nɪv(ə)rəs] adjective (of an animal) feeding on flesh. Derivatives carnivorously adverb carnivorousness noun carnivory kα: nɪv(ə)ri noun Origin C16: from L. carnivorus, from caro, carn flesh + vorus (see …

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  • 32carnivorous — a. Flesh eating …

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  • 33carnivorous — adj flesh eating, carnivoral, zoopha gous, omophagous, omnivorous, ichthyophagous; an thropophagic, cannibalistic, man eating; rapacious, predatory, predacious, raptorial …

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  • 34carnivorous — car·niv·o·rous …

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  • 35carnivorous — See: carnivore …

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  • 36carnivorous — car•niv•o•rous [[t]kɑrˈnɪv ər əs[/t]] adj. 1) zool. flesh eating 2) zool. of or pertaining to the carnivores • Etymology: 1640–50; < L carnivorus=carni , comb. form of carō flesh + vorus vorous car•niv′o•rism, n. car•niv′o•rous•ly, adv.… …

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  • 37carnivorous — /kaˈnɪvərəs / (say kah nivuhruhs) adjective flesh eating. {Latin carnivorus} –carnivorously, adverb –carnivorousness, noun …

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  • 39carnivorous — adj. 1 (of an animal) feeding on flesh. 2 (of a plant) digesting trapped insects or other animal substances. 3 of or relating to the order Carnivora. Derivatives: carnivorously adv. carnivorousness n. Etymology: L carnivorus f. caro carnis flesh… …

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  • 40carnivorous plant — noun any of several unrelated plants modified to capture and digest animals, especially insects, which supply nitrogen that may otherwise be unavailable in their habitat Syn: insectivorous plant …

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