Carnivoran.
/kɑːˈnɪvərə/ Zoology.
With plural agreement. A large order of flesh-eating Mammalia, including among others the feline, canine, and ursine families. (For a singular, see carnivore n.) Also, sometimes applied to orders or groups of other animals, e.g. to a large family of pentamerous beetles.
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1830 E. T. Bennett Gardens & Menagerie Zool. Soc. I. 99 The most typical group of the Carnivora.
1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §645 The aquatic Carnivora [Beetles]..live during their larva and perfect states in water.
1865 Daily Tel. 7/2 In a land like Hindostan..what a veritable power the great carnivora are.
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