carnivore
carnivore
Definition
car·ni·vore (kär′nə vôr′)
noun
- any of an order (Carnivora) of fanged, flesh-eating mammals, including the dog, bear, cat, and seal
- any animal that consumes other animals
- a plant that ingests small animals, esp. insects
Etymology: Fr: see carnivorous
carnivore
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- eat: These herbivores are often eaten by carnivores ( meat-eaters ) after which some carnivores are eaten by other carnivores.
Converse of object
- have: Posted 17-Aug-2006 Thu 20:05 ) Seriously tho going well again also had carnivore too tonight this should have being in the selections too.
- include: Seafood The Qur'an states that everything from the sea is halal, including carnivores such as sharks.
- confirm: Gina uttered: Adie, Aberdeen Quite a difficult one this as DH is a confirmed carnivore.
- feed: It is no exaggeration to say that wolf packs are feeding the carnivores and scavengers in Yellowstone.
- keep: Great veggie bacon, and keeps carnivores happy too.
- call: Some animals eat meat and only meat - thay are called carnivores.
Adjective modifier
- ferocious: They are ferocious carnivores equipped with huge jaws to capture prey.
- wild: The red fox has the widest geographical range of any wild carnivore, thriving in habitats from woodland and desert to city center.
- large: Which was the largest carnivore ever known on earth?
- small: Such frenzied attacks are typical behavior for many small carnivores faced with abundant ' prey ' .
- big: Some are big carnivores that eat the small ones.
- top: Top carnivore A consumer at the top of a food chain with no predators.
Modifies a noun
- gnawing: Burning and carnivore gnawing were not particularly common and an average of 9 % of bones had been butchered.
- conservation: These facts remind us of the complexity of the issues involved when addressing carnivore conservation.
- specie: The amount of carnivore species we have isn't far off that of our continental neighbors.
- damage: Some of these bones show evidence of butchery and evidence of carnivore damage to the bones is slight.
- distribution: The center will collect data from a wide range of sources and manage this information in a national database on carnivore distribution.
- population: Protected areas are smaller as are the carnivore populations they support and both less well known and visited less frequently.
Noun used with modifier
- land: The badger is the largest member of the Mustelid family and Britain's largest land carnivore.
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