MEANING
1. Feeding primarily or characteristically on animal matter.
2. Obtaining nutrients by trapping and digesting animals, of certain plants.
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- carnivorous species
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The carnivorous species hunted at dusk.
The island supported a carnivorous mammal.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Comparative more carnivorous; superlative most carnivorous where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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