 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
carnivorous
adjective
1: relating to or characteristic of carnivores; "the lion and
other carnivorous animals"
2: (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals;
"carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting
small animals especially insects" [ant: {herbivorous}, {omnivorous},
{insectivorous}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Carnivorous \Car*niv"o*rous\, adjective [L. carnivorus; caro, carnis,
flesh + varare to devour.]
Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied:
(a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the
tiger, dog, etc.;
(b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food;
(c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "carnivorous":
cannibal, cannibalistic, commensal, dietetic, dining, eating,
feeding, flesh-eating, fruitarian, gastronomic, gluttonous,
grain-eating, graminivorous, granivorous, grass-eating,
herbivorous, insect-eating, insectivorous, lactovegetarian,
man-eating, meat-eating, mensal, nourishing, nutritious,
omnivorous, omophagous, pantophagous, phytivorous, phytophagous,
plant-eating, postprandial, prandial, predacious, preprandial,
vegetable-eating, vegetarian
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
CARNIVOROUS, adjective Addicted to the cruelty of devouring the timorous
vegetarian, his heirs and assigns.
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