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单词 carnivorous
释义 car·niv·o·rous
\(ˈ)kär|niv(ə)rəs, -ȧ|n-\ adjective
Etymology: Latin carnivorus, from carni- (from carn-, caro flesh) + -vorus -vorous — more at carnal
1. of an animal : eating flesh
 < the dog is a typical carnivorous mammal >
: subsisting or feeding on animal tissues
 < many larval insects are carnivorous >
: zoophagous
 < the carnivorous hunting spiders >
— compare herbivorous, omnivorous
2. of a plant : subsisting on nutrients obtained from the breakdown of animal protoplasm — compare phytophagous
3. : of or relating to the Carnivora
4. anthropology : having a slender body build and a short small intestine — opposed to herbivorous and nearly equivalent to ectomorphic
car·niv·o·rous·ly adverb
car·niv·o·rous·ness noun -es
car·niv·o·ry \ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷vərē\ noun -es
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