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| car·niv·o·rous [ kaar nívvərəss ] |
adjective |
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1. meat-eating: feeding mainly on the flesh of other animals
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2. able to digest animals as food: able to catch and digest animals such as insects and small invertebrates
  a carnivorous plant
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| [Late 16th century. < Latin carnivorus "meat-eating" < carn- "flesh"] |
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| car·niv·o·rous·ly adverb |
| car·niv·o·rous·ness noun |
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