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carnivorous - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'carnivorous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Carnivorous [ a.]
- Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.

Meaning of 'carnivorous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . carnivorous [ a]
Meaning (1):
- (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals
Example in sentence:
  • carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects
Meaning (2):
- relating to or characteristic of carnivores
Example in sentence:
  • the lion and other carnivorous animals

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