 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
carnivore
noun
1: terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; terrestrial
carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb
2: any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a
large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered
carnivores"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Carnivore \Car'ni*vore\, noun [Cf. F. carnivore.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the {Carnivora}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "carnivore":
Brillat-Savarin, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Lucullus, Primates,
Rodentia, amphibian, aquatic, biped, board-and-roomer, boarder,
bon vivant, canine, cannibal, connoisseur of food, consumer,
cosmopolite, diner, diner-out, eater, eater-out, epicure, feeder,
feline, flesh-eater, fruitarian, gastronome, glutton, gnawer,
gourmand, gourmet, grain-eater, graminivore, granivore, herbivore,
high liver, hungry mouth, insectivore, invertebrate,
lactovegetarian, luncher, mammal, mammalian, man-eater, marsupial,
marsupialian, meat-eater, mouth, omnivore, omophagist,
pantophagist, phytophage, picnicker, plant-eater, predacean,
primate, quadruped, reptile, rodent, ruminant, scavenger,
trencherman, ungulate, varmint, vegetarian, vermin, vertebrate
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