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carnivore
  1. Any animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet.
  2. (zoology) A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
  3. (informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “A carnivore is a flesh-eater, feasting on both prey and insects alike.”
      “Think of a carnivore animal evolving powerful jaws to catch and kill its prey.”
      “Common waxbills are small African finches that select carnivore scat as a material to include in, on, and around their nests.”
carnivory
  1. The eating of meat; carnivorousness.
  2. Examples:
    1. “On the other hand, the dentition of the animal shows features typical of carnivory.”
      “This fits in with the general trend away from carnivory and toward herbivory that characterises mammalian evolution in many lineages.”
      “One recurrent question concerns the extent of ape carnivory.”
carnivorism
  1. The fact or practice of being a carnivore.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Eating meat does not conform to God's original intention, and resorting to carnivorism merely accentuates an unattractive part of human nature.”
carnivorousness
  1. The quality of being a carnivore.
  2. Examples:
    1. “I embraced my newfound carnivorousness wholeheartedly and sampled such things as goat and ostrich.”
      “Au Pied de Cochon is an unabashed celebration of carnivorousness.”
carnivores
  1. plural of carnivore
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The acanthocephalan Leptorhynchoides is a parasite of vertebrate carnivores which looks a little like a nemertine worm with training wheels.”
      “Mammalian carnivores such as weasels and foxes catch voles by chasing or pouncing and are probably just as dangerous in dense cover as in sparse.”
      “Does the hands-on father who cooks for three vegetarians and three carnivores feel his upbringing is paying off?”
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