'Carnivore' definitions:
Definition of 'carnivore'
(from WordNet)
noun
A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb"
noun
Any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores"
Definition of 'Carnivore'
From: GCIDE
- Carnivore \Car`ni*vore\, n. [Cf. F. carnivore.] (Zool.) One of the Carnivora. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'carnivore'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amphibian,
- aquatic,
- biped,
- board-and-roomer,
- boarder,
- bon vivant,
- Brillat-Savarin,
- canine,
- cannibal,
- Chiroptera,
- connoisseur of food,
- consumer,
- cosmopolite,
- diner,
- diner-out,
- eater,
- eater-out,
- epicure,
- feeder,
- feline,
- flesh-eater,
- fruitarian,
- gastronome,
- glutton,
- gnawer,
- gourmand,
- gourmet,
- grain-eater,
- graminivore,
- granivore,
- herbivore,
- high liver,
- hungry mouth,
- insectivore,
- invertebrate,
- lactovegetarian,
- Lagomorpha,
- Lucullus,
- luncher,
- mammal,
- mammalian,
- man-eater,
- marsupial,
- marsupialian,
- meat-eater,
- mouth,
- omnivore,
- omophagist,
- pantophagist,
- phytophage,
- picnicker,
- plant-eater,
- predacean,
- primate,
- Primates,
- quadruped,
- reptile,
- rodent,
- Rodentia,
- ruminant,
- scavenger,
- trencherman,
- ungulate,
- varmint,
- vegetarian,
- vermin,
- vertebrate