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carnivores

car·ni·vore
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kahr-nuh-vawr, -vohr]
    • /ˈkɑr nəˌvɔr, -ˌvoʊr/
    • /ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔːr/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kahr-nuh-vawr, -vohr]
    • /ˈkɑr nəˌvɔr, -ˌvoʊr/

Definitions of carnivores word

  • noun carnivores an animal that eats flesh. 1
  • noun carnivores a flesh-eating mammal of the order Carnivora, comprising the dogs, cats, bears, seals, and weasels. 1
  • noun carnivores an insectivorous plant. 1
  • noun carnivores Plural form of carnivore. 1
  • noun carnivores plural of carnivore. 0
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Origin of carnivores

First appearance:

before 1850
One of the 32% newest English words
1850-55; < Latin carnivorus carnivorous

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Parts of speech for Carnivores

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Synonyms for carnivores

noun carnivores

  • carnivore — A carnivore is an animal that eats meat.
  • beast of prey — any animal that hunts other animals for food
  • hunter — John, 1728–93, Scottish surgeon, physiologist, and biologist.
  • cougar — A cougar is a wild member of the cat family. Cougars have brownish-grey fur and live in mountain regions of North and South America.
  • leopard — a large, spotted Asian or African carnivore, Panthera pardus, of the cat family, usually tawny with black markings; the Old World panther: all leopard populations are threatened or endangered.
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adjective carnivores

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Related words

  • carnassial

    of, relating to, or designating the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of carnivores, which have sharp edges for tearing flesh

  • carnivora

    carnivorous animals collectively

  • creodont

    any of a group of extinct Tertiary mammals some of which are thought to have been the ancestors of modern carnivores: order Carnivora

  • linsang

    any of several civetlike carnivores of the genera Prionodon, of the East Indies, and Poiana, of Africa, having retractile claws and a long tail: some East Indies linsangs are endangered.

  • marten

    any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.

  • pinniped

    belonging to the Pinnipedia, a suborder of carnivores with limbs adapted to an aquatic life, including the seals and walruses.
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