Carnivorous

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carnivorous
adj. meat-eating, feeding on animal flesh


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Carnivore
A carnivore , meaning 'meat eater' (Latin carne meaning 'flesh' and vorare meaning 'to devour'), is an animal with a diet consisting mainly of meat, whether it comes from animals living or dead (scavenging). Some animals are considered carnivores even if their diets contain very little meat but involve preying on other animals (e.g., predatory arthropods such as spiders or mantids that may rarely consume small vertebrate prey). Animals that subsist on a diet consisting only of meat are referred to as obligate carnivores. Plants that capture and digest insects are called carnivorous plants. Similarly fungi that capture microscopic animals are often called carnivorous fungi. The designation "hypercarnivore" is used in paleobiology to describe taxa of animals which have an increased slicing component of their dentition relative to the grinding component.
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carnivorous
Adjective
1. relating to or characteristic of carnivores; "the lion and other carnivorous animals"
(pertainym) carnivore
2. (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects"
(antonym) herbivorous
(similar) flesh-eating(a), meat-eating(a), zoophagous
(classification) plant, flora, plant life


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Carnivorous
(a.)
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.
  

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carnivorous
adj.
گوشت خوار , ماسا دھاري , درندہ
All that have serrate teeth are carnivorous. (Ray.)
جن کے کچلياں ہيں وہ ماسا دھاري ہيں

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