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Noun
/ˈkärnəˌvôr/,
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carnivores, plural;
  1. An animal that feeds on flesh

  2. A mammal of the order Carnivora

  1. a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb"
  2. any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores"
  3. (carnivorous) (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects"
  4. A carnivore , meaning 'meat eater' (Latin carne meaning 'flesh' and vorare meaning 'to devour'), is an organism that derives its energy and nutrient requirements from a diet consisting mainly or exclusively of animal tissue, whether through predation or scavenging. Mammals: Carnivores. Duane E. ...
  5. Carnivore is the debut album by the Brooklyn thrash metal band of the same name. It was released in 1986 by Roadrunner Records. It was released on CD in 1991 without track 5, but with most of Retaliation.
  6. Carnivore was an American crossover thrash band formed in Brooklyn, New York by Peter Steele (later of Type O Negative fame), and was formed out of the ruins of the Brooklyn hard rock group Fallout in 1982.
  7. The Exemplars is a fictional group appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. It was made up of eight humans - Bedlam, Carnivore, Conquest, Decay, Inferno, Juggernaut, Stonecutter, and Tempest - who were empowered by the Octessence.
  8. Carnivore is an open-air restaurant in the Langata suburb of Nairobi, Kenya. Its specialty is meat, and features an all-you-can-eat meat buffet. They serve a wide variety of meat and are famous for their game meat. It is a popular tourist destination.
  9. Carnivore was a system implemented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that was designed to monitor email and electronic communications. It used a customizable packet sniffer that can monitor all of a target user's Internet traffic. ...
  10. Any animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet; A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora
  11. (carnivorous) Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Canivora; Predatory or flesh eating; Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them
  12. (Carnivores) are meat eating animals.
  13. (carnivores) Macroorganisms that feed on other animals. Includes ant, beetle, centipede, enchytraed, fly, mite, mole, scorpion, slug, snail, spider, springtail.
  14. (carnivores) Organisms that mainly prey upon animals.
  15. (Carnivores) (Carnivora). The largest species is now, with the inclusion of pinnipeds, the Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina). The top size recorded for this species was 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) and 6.9 m (22.5 feet) long. ...
  16. (carnivores) Term applied to a heterotroph, usually an animal, that eats other animals. Carnivores function as secondary, tertiary, or top consumers in food chains and food webs.
  17. (carnivores) animals whose diet is composed primarily of nonplant material - fish or meat
  18. Carnivores symbolize strong aggressive tendencies.This signifies the threatening and negative aspects female sexuality has for men. The dream animals which signify male sexual aggression in women's dreams are mostly smaller carnivores like polecats and wildcats.
  19. (Carnivorous) Used in the gardening world to denote a plant (usually tropical) that typically lives in highly acidic soil that doesn't adequately provide enough nourishment. Nature has adapted these plants to trap and consume insects for this need. An example is the Venus Flytrap plant.
  20. (Carnivorous) Feeding on animal tissue.
  21. (Carnivorous) Flesh-eating birds (usually fresh or live as opposed to carrion). Raptors (hawks and owls) are carnivorous birds.
  22. (Carnivorous) Of animals, meat eating (Morris 1992). It refers to mammals that are predominantly meat eaters. A good example is a bobcat and as well as other members of the cat family (Felidae), or members of the weasel family (Mustelidae).
  23. (Carnivory; (Carnivorous)) Meat eating, but more generally the eating of any animal, whether through predation or scavenging.
  24. Animals that eat meat or protein for their diets.
  25. FBI's Internet surveillance system for monitoring e-mail.