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Definition of carnivorous
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of carnivorous is as below...
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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Predatory
::
Predatory
(a.)
Living
by
preying
upon other
animals;
carnivorous.
Insectivorous
::
Insectivorous
(a.)
Feeding
or
subsisting
on
insects;
carnivorous.
Laelaps
::
Laelaps
(n.) A genus of huge,
carnivorous,
dinosaurian
reptiles
from the
Cretaceous
formation
of the
United
States.
They had very large hind legs and tail, and are
supposed
to have been
bipedal.
Some of the
species
were about
eighteen
feet
high..
Badger
::
Badger
(n.) A
carnivorous
quadruped
of the genus Meles or of an
allied
genus.
It is a
burrowing
animal,
with
short,
thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One
species
(M.
vulgaris),
called
also
brock,
inhabits
the north of
Europe
and Asia;
another
species
(Taxidea
Americana
/
Labradorica)
inhabits
the
northern
parts of North
America.
See
Teledu..
Aard-wolf
::
Aard-wolf
(n.) A
carnivorous
quadruped
(Proteles
Lalandii),
of South
Africa,
resembling
the fox and
hyena.
See
Proteles..
Delundung
::
Delundung
(n.) An East
Indian
carnivorous
mammal
(Prionodon
gracilis),
resembling
the
civets,
but
without
scent
pouches.
It is
handsomely
spotted..
Predacean
::
Predacean
(n.) A
carnivorous
animal.
Dasyure
::
Dasyure
(n.) A
carnivorous
marsupial
quadruped
of
Australia,
belonging
to the genus
Dasyurus.
There are
several
species..
Zoophaga
::
Zoophaga
(n. pl.) An
artificial
group
comprising
various
carnivorous
and
insectivorous
animals.
Bilirubin
::
Bilirubin
(n.) A
reddish
yellow
pigment
present
in human bile, and in that from
carnivorous
and
herbivorous
animals;
the
normal
biliary
pigment..
Theropoda
::
Theropoda
(n. pl.) An order of
carnivorous
dinosaurs
in which the feet are less
birdlike,
and hence more like those of an
ordinary
quadruped,
than in the
Ornithopoda.
It
includes
the
rapacious
genera
Megalosaurus,
Creosaurus,
and their
allies..
Civet
::
Civet (n.) The
animal
that
produces
civet
(Viverra
civetta);
--
called
also civet cat. It is
carnivorous,
from two to three feet long, and of a
brownish
gray
color,
with
transverse
black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a
native
of
northern
Africa
and of Asia. The name is also
applied
to other
species..
Theriodontia
::
Theriodontia
(n. pl.) An
extinct
order of
reptiles
found in the
Permian
and
Triassic
formations
in South
Africa.
In some
respects
they
resembled
carnivorous
mammals.
Called
also
Theromorpha.
Seal
::
Seal (n.) Any
aquatic
carnivorous
mammal
of the
families
Phocidae
and
Otariidae.
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..
Hyena
::
Hyena (n.) Any
carnivorous
mammal
of the
family
Hyaenidae,
of which three
living
species
are
known.
They are large and
strong,
but
cowardly.
They feed
chiefly
on
carrion,
and are
nocturnal
in their
habits..
Sarcophile
::
Sarcophile
(n.) A
flesh-eating
animal,
especially
any one of the
carnivorous
marsupials..
Canis
::
Canis (n.) A genus of
carnivorous
mammals,
of the
family
Canidae,
including
the dogs and
wolves..
Ichneumon
::
Ichneumon
(n.) Any
carnivorous
mammal
of the genus
Herpestes,
and
family
Viverridae.
Numerous
species
are found in Asia and
Africa.
The
Egyptian
species(H.
ichneumon),
which
ranges
to Spain and
Palestine,
is noted for
destroying
the eggs and young of the
crocodile
as well as
various
snakes
and
lizards,
and hence was
considered
sacred
by the
ancient
Egyptians.
The
common
species
of India (H.
griseus),
known as the
mongoose,
has
similar
habits
and is often
domesticated.
It is noted for
killing
the
Phocodontia
::
Phocodontia
(n. pl.) A group of
extinct
carnivorous
whales.
Their teeth had
compressed
and
serrated
crowns.
It
includes
Squalodon
and
allied
genera.
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