carniferous
UK/kɑːˈnɪfəɹəs/
carniferous is the obsolete form of carnivorous.
Meaning of carnivorous
Adjective
carnivorous (comparative more carnivorous, superlative most carnivorous)
- Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
- carnivorous animal
- Flesh-eating; (usually also specifically) predatorily so: that is, predatory.
- carnivorous diet
- Synonyms:
- meat-eating, creophagous
- Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
Forms of carniferous
| comparative | more carniferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most carniferous |
Words that rhyme with carniferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
Questions about carniferous
- What is carniferous the obsolete form of?
- Carniferous is the obsolete form of carnivorous.
- How do you pronounce carniferous?
- Carniferous is pronounced /kɑːˈnɪfəɹəs/ (UK).
Words near carniferous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: carniferous (page history and authors); carnivorous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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