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Carnivora :: Carnivora (n. pl.) An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful..

Carnivoracity :: Carnivoracity (n.) Greediness of appetite for flesh.

Carnivore :: Carnivore (n.) One of the Carnivora.

Carnivorous :: 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..

Graminivorous :: Graminivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said of horses, cattle, and other animals..

Granivorous :: Granivorous (a.) Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as, granivorous birds..

Ignivomous :: Ignivomous (a.) Vomiting fire.

Nivose :: Nivose (n.) The fourth month of the French republican calendar [1792-1806]. It commenced December 21, and ended January 19. See VendEmiaire..

Omnivora :: Omnivora (n. pl.) A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds..

Omnivorous :: Omnivorous (a.) All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as, omnivorous vanity; esp. (Zool.), eating both animal and vegetable food..

Panivorous :: Panivorous (a.) Eating bread; subsisting on bread.

Sanguinivorous :: Sanguinivorous (a.) Subsisting on blood.

Univocacy :: Univocacy (n.) The quality or state of being univocal.

Univocal :: Univocal (a.) Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal.

Univocal :: Univocal (a.) Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2..

Univocal :: Univocal (n.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.

Univocal :: Univocal (n.) Unequivocal; indubitable.

Univocal :: Univocal (n.) A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces..

Univocal :: Univocal (n.) A word having but one meaning.

Univocally :: Univocally (adv.) In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally.

Univocation :: Univocation (n.) Agreement of name and meaning.