Definitions for: Carnivore


[n] any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores"
[n] terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb



Webster (1913) Definition: Car`ni*vore, n. [Cf. F. carnivore.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Carnivora.

See Also: bear, canid, canine, Carnivora, eutherian, eutherian mammal, felid, feline, fissiped, fissiped mammal, mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal, order Carnivora, placental, placental mammal, predator, predatory animal, procyonid, viverrine, viverrine mammal

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