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carnivoran

Syllables: Car·niv·or·anUK/kɑːˈnɪvərən/US/kɑːrˈnɪvərən/

carnivoran adjective: of or pertaining to the order Carnivora.

Adjective

carnivoran (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the order Carnivora.
    • ...the earliest carnivoran diversity appears in the early Miocene rift sediments of East Africa...1996, John L. Gittleman, Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution Vol.2, page 486
    • These creatures are so anatomically similar it’s proven hard to figure out their relationships, both with one another and with later carnivoran groups.2016 November 26, Elsa Panciroli, “Rifling through the 'wastebaskets' of palaeontology reveals surprises”, in The Guardian

Noun

carnivoran (plural carnivorans)

  1. Any member of the order Carnivora.

Forms of carnivoran

pluralcarnivorans

Origin of carnivoran

From Carnivora + -an.

Words formed from carnivoran

Questions about carnivoran

What does carnivoran mean?
Carnivoran means of or pertaining to the order Carnivora.
What part of speech is carnivoran?
Carnivoran can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce carnivoran?
Carnivoran is pronounced /kɑːˈnɪvərən/ (UK).

Words near carnivoran in the dictionary

  1. carnivoraform
  2. carnivoraforms
  3. carnivoral
  4. carnivoramorphan
  5. carnivoramorphans
  6. carnivoran
  7. carnivorans
  8. carnivore
  9. carnivore diet
  10. carnivores
  11. carnivorism

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