| ADJECTIVE | pert | carnivorous | relating to or characteristic of carnivores |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | carnivorous | (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals |
| Sounds | kaarnih'verahs | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | relating to or characteristic of carnivores. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the lion and other carnivorous animals" | |
| Spanish | carnívoro | |
| Catalan | carnívor, haragijale | |
| Nouns | carnivore | a terrestrial / terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal |
| Meaning | (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects" | |
| Category | plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| Narrower | flesh-eating, meat-eating, zoophagous | (of animals) carnivorous |
| piscivorous | feeding on fishes | |
| predacious, predaceous | hunting and killing other animals for food | |
| Opposite | herbivorous | feeding only on plants |
| insectivorous | (of animals and plants) feeding on insects | |
| omnivorous | feeding on both plants and animals | |
| Spanish | carnívoro | |
| Catalan | carnívor, haragijale | |
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