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carnivorous

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kɑːrˈnɪvərəs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kɑrˈnɪvərəs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kär niv′ər əs)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
car•niv•o•rous /kɑrˈnɪvərəs/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Zoologyflesh-eating:Tigers are carnivorous animals.
See -vor-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
car•niv•o•rous  (kär niv′ər əs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Zoologyflesh-eating:A dog is a carnivorous animal.
  2. Zoologyof the carnivores.
  • Latin carnivorus, equivalent. to carni- (combining form of carō flesh) + -vorus -vorous
  • 1640–50
car•niv′o•rism, n. 
car•niv′o•rous•ly, adv. 
car•niv′o•rous•ness, n. 
    1. meat-eating, predatory, predacious.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
carnivorous /kɑːˈnɪvərəs/ adj
  1. (esp of animals) feeding on flesh
  2. (of plants such as the pitcher plant and sundew) able to trap and digest insects and other small animals
  3. of or relating to the Carnivora
  4. informal aggressively ambitious or reactionary
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin carnivorus, from carō flesh + vorāre to consumecarˈnivorousness n
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