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Carnivore   /kˈɑrnɪvˌɔr/   Listen
Carnivore

noun
1.
A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal.
2.
Any animal that feeds on flesh.  "Insectivorous plants are considered carnivores"



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"Carnivore" Quotes from Famous Books



... Eocene period. On the other hand, the great order of the Beasts of Prey (Carnivora) is represented in Eocene strata by several forms belonging to different types. Thus the Ardocyon presents us with an Eocene Carnivore more or less closely allied to the existing Racoons; the Paloeonyctis appears to be related to the recent Civet-cats; the genus Hyoenodon is in some respects comparable to the living Hyaenas; and the Canis Parisiensis ...
— The Ancient Life History of the Earth • Henry Alleyne Nicholson


Words linked to "Carnivore" :   mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal, order Carnivora, procyonid, canine, predator, Carnivora, eutherian, viverrine, viverrine mammal, felid, feline, canid, bear, placental, fissiped, placental mammal, predatory animal, fissiped mammal, eutherian mammal


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