carnivorous
adjective
- flesh-eating
- insect-eating, as certain plants
- of the carnivores
See carnivorous in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kär-nĭvˈər-əs)
adjective- Of or relating to carnivores.
- Flesh-eating or predatory: a carnivorous bird.
- Characterized by destructive or predatory behavior or instincts: “a city becoming increasingly carnivorous as it becomes decreasingly serious about governance” (George F. Will).
- Botany Capable of trapping insects or other small organisms and absorbing nutrients from them; insectivorous.
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