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.
[1913 Webster] Carnose
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
carnivorous
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of carnivores; "the lion and
other carnivorous animals"
2: (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals;
"carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting
small animals especially insects" [ant: herbivorous, omnivorous,
insectivorous]
WordNet (r) 2.0
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "carnivorous":
cannibal, cannibalistic, commensal, dietetic, dining, eating,
feeding, flesh-eating, fruitarian, gastronomic, gluttonous,
grain-eating, graminivorous, granivorous, grass-eating,
herbivorous, insect-eating, insectivorous, lactovegetarian,
man-eating, meat-eating, mensal, nourishing, nutritious,
omnivorous, omophagous, pantophagous, phytivorous, phytophagous,
plant-eating, postprandial, prandial, predacious, preprandial,
vegetable-eating, vegetarian
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
CARNIVOROUS, adj. Addicted to the cruelty of devouring the timorous
vegetarian, his heirs and assigns.
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
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