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hypocarnivorous

hypocarnivorous adjective: eating meat, but as a lesser component of the diet.

Adjective

hypocarnivorous (not comparable)

  1. Eating meat, but as a lesser component of the diet.

Origin of hypocarnivorous

From hypo- + carnivorous.

Questions about hypocarnivorous

What does hypocarnivorous mean?
Hypocarnivorous means eating meat, but as a lesser component of the diet.
What part of speech is hypocarnivorous?
Hypocarnivorous is an adjective.

Words near hypocarnivorous in the dictionary

  1. hypocarbia
  2. hypocarbic
  3. hypocarnitinemia
  4. hypocarnivore
  5. hypocarnivores
  6. hypocarnivorous
  7. hypocarnivory
  8. hypocarp
  9. hypocarpia
  10. hypocarpium
  11. hypocarpogean

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