carnivore
pronunciation
How to pronounce carnivore in British English:
UK [ˈkɑːnɪvɔː(r)]
How to pronounce carnivore in American English:
US [ˈkɑːrnɪvɔːr]
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- Noun:
- terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb
- any animal that feeds on flesh
Word Origin
- carnivore (n.)
- "flesh-eating animal," 1839, from French carnivore (16c.), from Latin carnivorus "flesh-eating" (see carnivorous).
Example
- 1. The red fox has become the most widely distributed carnivore on the planet .
- 2. " No carnivore worth its salt would pass up that kind of a meal , " he added .
- 3. The polar bear , which is native largely to the arctic circle , is the world 's largest carnivore species found on land .
- 4. An animal that escapes a komodo 's initial attack soon weakens and dies . The fierce carnivore tracks the wounded creature and dines at its leisure once the prey collapses .
- 5. Scientists have genetically modified cats by infecting their eggs with a virus containing a foreign gene-the first time this method has worked in a carnivore .