Definition of Carnivorous. Meaning of Carnivorous. Synonyms of Carnivorous

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Definition of Carnivorous

Carnivorous
Carnivorous Car*niv"o*rous, a. [L. carnivorus; caro, carnis, flesh + varare to devour.] 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.

Meaning of Carnivorous from wikipedia

- and they are so-named because most member species in the group have a carnivorous diet, but the similarity of the name of the order and the name of the...
- Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other...
- generally classed as a group of saurischian dinosaurs. They were ancestrally carnivorous, although a number of theropod groups evolved to become herbivores and...
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- Carnivorous is a 2020 album by British space rock band Hawkwind, released under the name Hawkwind Light Orchestra. The album contains songs inspired by...
- A carnivorous fungus or predaceous fungus is a fungus that derives some or most of its nutrients from trapping and eating microscopic or other minute...
- leeches feed on blood; the Erpobdelliformes, freshwater or amphibious, are carnivorous and equipped with a relatively large, toothless mouth to ingest insect...
- Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as (although not the same as) raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other...
- with choanocytes, cells with whip-like flagella.: 29  However, a few carnivorous sponges have lost these water flow systems and the choanocytes.: 39 ...
- There are two native genera of carnivorous plants in New Zealand with fourteen species and four species that have been known to occur in the past. Drosera...