carnivorous
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- carnivorous (adj.)
- 1640s, from Latin carnivorus "flesh-eating, feeding on flesh," from caro (genitive carnis) "flesh" (see carnage) + vorare "to devour" (see voracity).
Example
- 1. It is astounding to think that pollution has literally turned carnivorous plants vegetarian .
- 2. The thought of carnivorous chameleon dinosaurs is just a touch frightening for me .
- 3. Other large carnivorous dinosaurs likely also engaged in cannibalistic feeding behaviors
- 4. One animal captured on video looks like a flower , covered with glasslike needles , but scientists think it is probably a carnivorous sponge .
- 5. Some scientists suggest that plants like the pitcher plant and the sundew became carnivorous because they were trying to adapt to their environments .