English noun: carnivore | |||
1. | carnivore (animal) a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal | ||
Samples | Terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bear, canid, canine, felid, feline, fissiped, fissiped mammal, mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal, procyonid, viverrine, viverrine mammal | ||
Member meronym | Carnivora, order Carnivora | ||
2. | carnivore (animal) any animal that feeds on flesh | ||
Samples | Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore. Insectivorous plants are considered carnivores. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | predator, predatory animal | ||