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Synonyms for carnivore

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kahr-nuh-vawr, -vohr
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr nəˌvɔr, -ˌvoʊr

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Définition of carnivore

Origin :
  • "flesh-eating animal," 1839, from French carnivore (16c.), from Latin carnivorus "flesh-eating" (see carnivorous).
  • As in predator : noun hunter, killer
  • As in tiger : noun large cat
Example sentences :
  • The pirate-wasp was a carnivore, but this was the season when the wasps raised young.
  • Extract from : « The Forgotten Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • The humerus resembles that of a Carnivore rather than that of an Ungulate.
  • Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
  • Nimravus gomphodus was a Carnivore about the size of a Panther.
  • Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
  • But I learned that though I am a carnivore yet I have not the pluck to be a vulture.
  • Extract from : « The Sea and the Jungle » by H. M. Tomlinson
  • The only other carnivore as abundant as the sabretooth was a giant wolf.
  • Extract from : « A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open » by Theodore Roosevelt
  • We know of no other reports of this carnivore from the area.
  • Extract from : « Mammals of Northwestern South Dakota » by Kenneth W. Andersen
  • “Some carnivore of yours has remembered its old habits,” I said after a pause.
  • Extract from : « The Island of Doctor Moreau » by H. G. Wells
  • It is more subtle in its operation but of the same order of ruthlessness as the ravages of a carnivore.
  • Extract from : « Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists » by Various
  • At 9:00 A.M. it caught a small fish at the mouth of Carnivore River.
  • Extract from : « Birds Found on the Arctic Slope of Northern Alaska » by James W. Bee
  • Visher (1914:90) reported that this carnivore was "generally considered as abundant."
  • Extract from : « Mammals of Northwestern South Dakota » by Kenneth W. Andersen

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