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Definition of carnivorous in English: carnivorousadjective kɑːˈnɪv(ə)rəsˌkɑrˈnɪv(ə)rəs 1(of an animal) feeding on other animals. Example sentencesExamples - After about two weeks the eggs hatch, and minute, carnivorous larvae emerge.
- Much fossil evidence has been uncovered supporting the idea that birds evolved from a group of bipedal carnivorous dinosaurs called theropods.
- Throughout Africa and southern Asia monitors coexist successfully with a wide range of carnivorous mammals.
- The carnivorous species eat small vertebrates: fish, frogs, lizards, birds, mice, or other bats.
- If a pack of carnivorous mammals were to chase a lone prey animal into the tar pits, both predators and prey would become trapped.
- Most of these turtles are carnivorous, feeding on mollusks, crustaceans, aquatic insects, fish, and amphibians.
- Puppies between the ages of three and six months are most susceptible to the disease, although older dogs and other carnivorous mammals can also contract distemper.
- Like herbivorous cattle fed meat, carnivorous fish are now largely vegetarians.
- It is the largest carnivorous mammal ever to have lived in Australia and the largest known marsupial carnivore in the world.
- These colorful, carnivorous amphibians feed heavily on both terrestrial and aquatic insects, small invertebrates, and their eggs and larvae.
- Researchers have unearthed fossil evidence of a new species of ancient crocodile that had a head like a carnivorous dinosaur and a tail like a fish.
- Some molluscs are carnivorous, and are secondary consumers in their aquatic ecosystems.
- Yellow and Silver eels are primarily nocturnal carnivorous feeders, consuming insects, crustaceans, clams, worms, fish and frogs.
- For example, Heinrich's work with ravens shows that the carnivorous birds will store bits of meat only for the short term.
- Several bones of carnivorous dinosaurs with tooth marks on them from other meat-eating dinosaurs have been found in Alberta, Canada.
- All cephalopods are carnivorous, feeding primarily on fish, other mollusks, Crustacea, and worms.
- Some carnivorous dinosaurs routinely fed on their own species, according to an analysis of scarred fossils.
- Birds evolved from reptiles, probably small carnivorous dinosaurs, around 150 million years ago.
- These fish are carnivorous and eat a variety of small animals including insects, crustaceans, and worms.
- Creodonts are an extinct group of carnivorous mammals that were long thought to be the ancestors of modern Carnivora.
Synonyms meat-eating, flesh-eating, predatory, of prey, hunting, raptorial rare creophagous, zoophagous - 1.1 (of a plant) able to trap and digest small animals, especially insects.
Example sentencesExamples - Purportedly the world's largest collection of carnivorous plants, is open to the public.
- The Venus Flytrap is the most famous of all carnivorous plants.
- I always remembered the programme about carnivorous plants - I think it was on the cover of the Radio Times for that week.
- The larvae of several fly species live and breed in the flesh-dissolving pitchers of carnivorous plants, where they feed on the organic soup and remains of the plant's victims.
- Filmed in Japan, this tells the story of mad scientist Dr. Bragan who develops a giant carnivorous plant that walks like a man.
- One of the most common pairings for a terrarium are carnivorous plants and orchids.
- But there's actually nothing unnatural about it; carnivorous plants have existed on this planet for thousands of years.
- The best known of all carnivorous plants, the Venus Fly Trap is native to America but these days can be purchased in most nurseries all over the world.
- The Venus fly trap is an endemic carnivorous plant growing on sandy soils in the central south-eastern coastal plain of North America.
- There's a botanical garden with carnivorous plants on display.
- Then, representing the dark side of horticulture, there are a fair few carnivorous plants that are surprisingly hardy in the garden - Sarracenias.
- Because the soil is acidic and infertile, some plants are carnivorous, supplementing their diets by trapping small insects.
- I searched in vain for a patch of sundews, the little carnivorous plants that live in just this kind of environment, so I could show off my meagre botanical knowledge.
- There was also a monkey family, complete with baby, and a tropical house with birds and carnivorous plants.
- A quirky gift for a young gardener might be a carnivorous plant.
- As it turned out, it was a pretty cool garden centre, full of carnivorous plants and little neon blue fish.
- I've taken some new steps in gardening today - I've started trying to grow carnivorous plants from seed.
- The toughness of the foliage and the plethora of carnivorous plants are further evidence of a scarcity of nutrients.
- And for further simplification, the system in this study also does not include carnivorous and parasitic plants.
Derivatives adverb When I moved to Montreal a couple of years ago, I began to eat more carnivorously and now, I occasionally enjoy a smoked meat sandwich or BBQ. Example sentencesExamples - Before you carnivorously chow down, spend some time to find out about that chunk of flesh on your plate.
- Two adobo-rubbed lamb chops arrive grilled exactly as ordered, carnivorously comely in their spicy West African peanut sauce and marvelously garnished with a savory minced lamb pie.
- If we have been warned to cut down on our consumption of red meat then no one seems to have told the chefs of the Conran empire whose menus are still some of the most carnivorously inclined in the country.
noun Au Pied de Cochon is an unabashed celebration of carnivorousness. Example sentencesExamples - I embraced my newfound carnivorousness wholeheartedly and sampled such things as goat and ostrich.
- What brings them here is, in the main, dishes of extreme carnivorousness: tripe soup, goat meat (with French fries or Spanish rice and beans, $5), oxtail, and meat balls (ditto).
- The lecture was a historical analysis of carnivorousness.
noun On the other hand, the dentition of the animal shows features typical of carnivory. Example sentencesExamples - Food habits range from strict carnivory to strict herbivory.
- This fits in with the general trend away from carnivory and toward herbivory that characterises mammalian evolution in many lineages.
- Cat teeth are highly specialized for carnivory.
- One recurrent question concerns the extent of ape carnivory.
Origin Late 16th century: from Latin carnivorus, from caro, carn- 'flesh' + -vorus (see -vorous). Rhymes herbivorous, insectivorous, omnivorous Definition of carnivorous in US English: carnivorousadjectiveˌkɑrˈnɪv(ə)rəsˌkärˈniv(ə)rəs 1(of an animal) feeding on other animals. Example sentencesExamples - All cephalopods are carnivorous, feeding primarily on fish, other mollusks, Crustacea, and worms.
- The carnivorous species eat small vertebrates: fish, frogs, lizards, birds, mice, or other bats.
- Some carnivorous dinosaurs routinely fed on their own species, according to an analysis of scarred fossils.
- If a pack of carnivorous mammals were to chase a lone prey animal into the tar pits, both predators and prey would become trapped.
- Creodonts are an extinct group of carnivorous mammals that were long thought to be the ancestors of modern Carnivora.
- Throughout Africa and southern Asia monitors coexist successfully with a wide range of carnivorous mammals.
- After about two weeks the eggs hatch, and minute, carnivorous larvae emerge.
- For example, Heinrich's work with ravens shows that the carnivorous birds will store bits of meat only for the short term.
- Like herbivorous cattle fed meat, carnivorous fish are now largely vegetarians.
- Puppies between the ages of three and six months are most susceptible to the disease, although older dogs and other carnivorous mammals can also contract distemper.
- Most of these turtles are carnivorous, feeding on mollusks, crustaceans, aquatic insects, fish, and amphibians.
- Several bones of carnivorous dinosaurs with tooth marks on them from other meat-eating dinosaurs have been found in Alberta, Canada.
- These fish are carnivorous and eat a variety of small animals including insects, crustaceans, and worms.
- Much fossil evidence has been uncovered supporting the idea that birds evolved from a group of bipedal carnivorous dinosaurs called theropods.
- Researchers have unearthed fossil evidence of a new species of ancient crocodile that had a head like a carnivorous dinosaur and a tail like a fish.
- Birds evolved from reptiles, probably small carnivorous dinosaurs, around 150 million years ago.
- It is the largest carnivorous mammal ever to have lived in Australia and the largest known marsupial carnivore in the world.
- Some molluscs are carnivorous, and are secondary consumers in their aquatic ecosystems.
- Yellow and Silver eels are primarily nocturnal carnivorous feeders, consuming insects, crustaceans, clams, worms, fish and frogs.
- These colorful, carnivorous amphibians feed heavily on both terrestrial and aquatic insects, small invertebrates, and their eggs and larvae.
Synonyms meat-eating, flesh-eating, predatory, of prey, hunting, raptorial - 1.1 (of a plant) able to trap and digest small animals, especially insects.
Example sentencesExamples - The Venus Flytrap is the most famous of all carnivorous plants.
- Filmed in Japan, this tells the story of mad scientist Dr. Bragan who develops a giant carnivorous plant that walks like a man.
- The best known of all carnivorous plants, the Venus Fly Trap is native to America but these days can be purchased in most nurseries all over the world.
- Because the soil is acidic and infertile, some plants are carnivorous, supplementing their diets by trapping small insects.
- The toughness of the foliage and the plethora of carnivorous plants are further evidence of a scarcity of nutrients.
- I always remembered the programme about carnivorous plants - I think it was on the cover of the Radio Times for that week.
- A quirky gift for a young gardener might be a carnivorous plant.
- There's a botanical garden with carnivorous plants on display.
- Then, representing the dark side of horticulture, there are a fair few carnivorous plants that are surprisingly hardy in the garden - Sarracenias.
- I searched in vain for a patch of sundews, the little carnivorous plants that live in just this kind of environment, so I could show off my meagre botanical knowledge.
- The larvae of several fly species live and breed in the flesh-dissolving pitchers of carnivorous plants, where they feed on the organic soup and remains of the plant's victims.
- And for further simplification, the system in this study also does not include carnivorous and parasitic plants.
- The Venus fly trap is an endemic carnivorous plant growing on sandy soils in the central south-eastern coastal plain of North America.
- One of the most common pairings for a terrarium are carnivorous plants and orchids.
- As it turned out, it was a pretty cool garden centre, full of carnivorous plants and little neon blue fish.
- But there's actually nothing unnatural about it; carnivorous plants have existed on this planet for thousands of years.
- Purportedly the world's largest collection of carnivorous plants, is open to the public.
- I've taken some new steps in gardening today - I've started trying to grow carnivorous plants from seed.
- There was also a monkey family, complete with baby, and a tropical house with birds and carnivorous plants.
Origin Late 16th century: from Latin carnivorus, from caro, carn- ‘flesh’ + -vorus (see -vorous). |