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English adjective: carnivorous | |||
| 1. | carnivorous relating to or characteristic of carnivores | ||
| Samples | The lion and other carnivorous animals. | ||
| 2. | carnivorous (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals | ||
| Samples | Carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects. | ||
| Similar | flesh-eating, meat-eating, piscivorous, predaceous, predacious, zoophagous | ||
| Domain category | flora, plant, plant life | ||
| Antonyms | herbivorous, insectivorous, omnivorous | ||
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