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Carnivorous

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Adjective

1. carnivorous

relating to or characteristic of carnivores

Example Sentences:
'the lion and other carnivorous animals'

2. carnivorous

(used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals

Example Sentences:
'carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Carnivorous

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adjective
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

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Carnivorous

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adjective
1. 
a. 
flesh-eating
see also herbivorous
b. 
insect-eating, as certain plants
2. 
of the carnivores

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Carnivorous

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adj.
1. Of or relating to carnivores.
2. Flesh-eating or predatory: a carnivorous bird.
3. Characterized by destructive or predatory behavior or instincts: "a city becoming increasingly carnivorous as it becomes decreasingly serious about governance" (George F. Will).
4. Botany Capable of trapping insects or other small organisms and absorbing nutrients from them.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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