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
Example sentences :
  • 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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