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Synonyms for carnivorous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kahr-niv-er-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : kɑrˈnɪv ər əs |
Définition of carnivorous
Origin :- 1640s, from Latin carnivorus "flesh-eating, feeding on flesh," from caro (genitive carnis) "flesh" (see carnage) + vorare "to devour" (see voracity).
- adj eating animal flesh
- Like most of his kind, he is also carnivorous, and will dine off the carcass of a horse or buffalo.
- Extract from : « Bruin » by Mayne Reid
- With the deer, of course, such is not the case, as they are not carnivorous.
- Extract from : « The Hunters' Feast » by Mayne Reid
- They are not carnivorous and therefore must be fed from the labors of man.
- Extract from : « Daniel Boone » by John S. C. Abbott
- It is not carnivorous, and, generally, its disposition is harmless and playful.
- Extract from : « Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found » by Mayne Reid
- The great peterel is as large as the common albatross, and is carnivorous.
- Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Butterwort (Pinguicula) is another of these carnivorous plants.
- Extract from : « The Beauties of Nature » by Sir John Lubbock
- I then observed that it had been settling on the dung of some carnivorous animal.
- Extract from : « The Malay Archipelago » by Alfred Russell Wallace
- The carnivorous Tortoises have a similar habit, as we shall presently see.
- Extract from : « Bible Animals; » by J. G. Wood
- The carnivorous insects were not only peril, but horror unfaceable.
- Extract from : « Nightmare Planet » by Murray Leinster
- For the most part the species are carnivorous or insectivorous.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 7 » by Various
Antonyms for carnivorous
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