carnivorous
/kɑːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/US/kɑɹˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/
carnivorous adjective: of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
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.
carnivorous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
carnivorous in Hindi
- of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora
- मांसाहारी mānsāhārī, माँसाहारी mā̃sāhārī
- predatory or flesh-eating
- मांसाहारी mānsāhārī, माँसाहारी mā̃sāhārī
- botany: insectivorous
- कीटभक्षी kīṭbhakṣī
carnivorous in Tamil
- மாமிச உண்ணி, புலால் உண்ணுகிற
carnivorous in Urdu
- گوشت خور
carnivorous in Bengali
- মাংসাশী
More languagesFewer languages
- carnivorous in Telugu
- మాంసాహార māṁsāhāra
- carnivorous in Malayalam
- മാംസഭുക്കായ, മാംസഭോജന പ്രകൃതമുള്ള
- carnivorous in Punjabi
- ਮਾਸਖੋਰਾ māskhorā
- carnivorous in Tagalog
- lamankainin
- carnivorous in Arabic
- لَاحِم lāḥim
- carnivorous in Malay
- maging
Examples of carnivorous in a sentence
- Pinnipeds are a widely distributed clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammals.
- Responses to low concentrations of food extract have been best documented in the carnivorous notaspidean Pleurobranchaea californica.
- It has huge, sharp, carnivorous teeth in a wide mouth, reptile eyes, grayish-crocodiley skin.
Synonyms of carnivorous
Forms of carnivorous
| comparative | more carnivorous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most carnivorous |
Origin of carnivorous
From Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”).
Words formed from carnivorous
Words that rhyme with carnivorous
- omnivorous
- insectivorous
- algivorous
- amphivorous
- aphidivorous
- aurivorous
- baccivorous
- canivorous
- detritivorous
- equivorous
- fructivorous
- frugivorous
26 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- fucivorous
- fungivorous
- graminivorous
- granivorous
- herbivorous
- hominivorous
- larvivorous
- lichenivorous
- lignivorous
- nectarivorous
- oryzivorous
- ovivorous
- phytivorous
- piscivorous
- planktivorous
- plantivorous
- plurivorous
- pollinivorous
- ranivorous
- sanguinivorous
- sanguivorous
- seminivorous
- uncarnivorous
- vegetivorous
- vermivorous
- zooplanktivorous
Questions about carnivorous
- What does carnivorous mean?
- Carnivorous means of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
- What is carnivorous in Hindi?
- Carnivorous in Hindi is मांसाहारी (mānsāhārī), माँसाहारी (mā̃sāhārī), कीटभक्षी (kīṭbhakṣī). See Carnivorous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is carnivorous?
- Carnivorous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce carnivorous?
- Carnivorous is pronounced /kɑːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/ (UK).
Words near carnivorous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: carnivorous (page history and authors); carnivorous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); carnivorous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); carnivorous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); carnivorous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਮਾਸਖੋਰਾ (Punjabi) (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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