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carnivores

carnivores is the plural of carnivore.

Meaning of carnivore

Noun

carnivore (plural carnivores)

  1. An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.
    • As juveniles the crocodiles are frequently predated by larger carnivores.
    Synonyms:
    meateater, zoophage
  2. A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
    • The panda and the panther are both carnivores.
    Synonyms:
    carnivoran
  3. (informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.
    • Well, she has now gone / From this unhappy planet / With all the carnivores / And the destructors on it1990, Morrissey, “Ouija Board, Ouija Board”, in Bona Drag
  4. (informal) A follower of the carnivore diet.

See all 5 meanings of carnivore

Questions about carnivores

What is carnivores the plural of?
Carnivores is the plural of carnivore.

Words near carnivores in the dictionary

  1. carnivoramorphans
  2. carnivoran
  3. carnivorans
  4. carnivore
  5. carnivore diet
  6. carnivores
  7. carnivorism
  8. carnivority
  9. carnivoromorphian
  10. carnivoromorphians
  11. carnivorous

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