carnivore Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
    • terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb
  2. noun any animal that feeds on flesh
    • Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore
    • insectivorous plants are considered carnivores

WordNet


Car`ni*vore noun
Etymology
Cf. F. carnivore.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) One of the Carnivora.

Webster 1913