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/kɑɹˈnɪvɝəs/
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[ UK /kɑːnˈɪvəɹəs/ ]
[ UK /kɑːnˈɪvəɹəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals
carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects -
relating to or characteristic of carnivores
the lion and other carnivorous animals
How To Use carnivorous In A Sentence
- For example, Heinrich's work with ravens shows that the carnivorous birds will store bits of meat only for the short term.
- For as long as they were there, no crocodile or armored herbivorous or general carnivorous dinosaur could grow very big.
- He experimented with carnivorous plants and orchids in the greenhouses, and studied natural selection on a special patch of weeds. Times, Sunday Times
- Same with lignivorous/xylophagous, herbivorous/phytophagous, and of course carnivorous/sarcophagous. Languagehat.com: VEGAN.
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- Also preserved at the site are the carnivorous dinosaur Ceratosaurus (6 teeth) and the small ornithopod dinosaur Othnielosaurus (one jaw fragment), the latter first identified during the 2008 season. Cooperative Management of Paleontological Resources on Federal Lands in Mesa County, Colorado
- One of the most common pairings for a terrarium are carnivorous plants and orchids.
- A quirky gift for a young gardener might be a carnivorous plant.
- The guests of the banquet sway extraneously from portrayals as parasites, wild, carnivorous beasts and ravenous dogs to spoilt brats at a kids' party to well mannered socialites.
- Risotto is the only real vegetarian option and, fortunately for the non-carnivorous, it doesn't skimp on mushrooms and pine nuts.
