But wasps are carnivores that seek and eat caterpillars.
Thanksgiving often brings out a certain hesitation about eating meat in otherwise eager urban carnivores.
They are carnivores, same family as minks and raccoons.
We've taken a big risk by turning ruminants into unwitting cannibals and carnivores.
Gold suggests that vegetarians and carnivores can live in peace if they don't try to evangelize.
Another group of reptiles, until recently neglected, were also important carnivores.
Ants are carnivores, so they should be near the top of the food chain.
carnivores will be introduced at a later date, when there is something for them to eat.
Surely only carnivores expend so much energy so pointlessly.
It featured an array of dinosaurs and included a colored key explaining whether they were herbivores or carnivores.
British Dictionary definitions for carnivores
carnivore
/ˈkɑːnɪˌvɔː/
noun
1.
any placental mammal of the order Carnivora, typically having large pointed canine teeth and sharp molars and premolars, specialized for eating flesh. The order includes cats, dogs, bears, raccoons, hyenas, civets, and weasels
2.
any other animal or any plant that feeds on animals
3.
(informal) an aggressively ambitious person
Word Origin
C19: probably back formation from carnivorous
Word Origin and History for carnivores
carnivore
n.
"flesh-eating animal," 1839, from French carnivore (16c.), from Latin carnivorus "flesh-eating" (see carnivorous).
carnivores in Science
carnivore
(kär'nə-vôr')
An animal that feeds chiefly on the flesh of other animals. Carnivores include predators such as lions and alligators, and scavengers such as hyenas and vultures. In a food chain, carnivores are either secondary or tertiary consumers. Compare detritivore, herbivore.
Any of various generally meat-eating mammals of the order Carnivora. Carnivores have large, sharp canine teeth and large brains, and the musculoskeletal structure of their forelimbs permits great flexibility for springing at prey. Many carnivores remain in and defend a single territory. Dogs, cats, bears, weasels, raccoons, hyenas, and (according to some classifications) seals and walruses are all carnivores.
A plant that eats insects, such as a Venus flytrap.
carnivores in Culture
carnivore [(kahr-nuh-vawr)]
A living thing that eats meat. Among mammals, there is an order of carnivores, including primarily meat-eating animals such as tigers and dogs. Some plants, such as the Venus's-flytrap, are carnivores.