| carnivorous | (adj) relating to or characteristic of carnivores, Example: the lion and other carnivorous animals |
| carnivorous | (adj) (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals, Ant. omnivorous, insectivorous, herbivorous, Example: carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects |
| carnivorous bat | (n) typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution, Syn. microbat |
| carnivorous plant | (n) plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals |
| Carnivorous | a. [ L. carnivorus; caro, carnis, flesh + varare to devour. ] Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: |