carnivore

noun

car·ni·vore ˈkär-nə-ˌvȯr

: an animal (such as a dog, fox, crocodile, or shark) that feeds primarily or exclusively on animal matter : a carnivorous animal

Among the plankton are numerous diminutive but voracious carnivores, including small jellyfishes and comb jellies, saber-toothed creatures called arrowworms or chaetognaths, and a host of crustaceans and small fishes.—

Gregory A. Wray

As big as a bull elephant, T. rex weighed 15 times as much as the largest carnivores living on land today.—

Erik Stokstad

Carnivores [=people who eat meat] will appreciate the restaurant's refined version of surf-and-turf: steak au poivre matched with sweet, large prawns.—

Matthew DeBord

: any of an order (Carnivora) of animals that feed primarily or exclusively on animal matter : carnivoran

Farther back in their mouths lie some special teeth known as the carnassials. These are the hallmark of the true carnivores, or canivorans—members of a great order of placental mammals, the Carnivora.—

Richard H. Tedford

: a carnivorous plant

the Venus flytrap and other carnivores subsisting on insects

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Luna shares the details of her carnivore diet to over 200,000 followers, even posting videos drinking milk straight from the udder. —

Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025 Drones outperform dogs for hazing bears: A comparison of carnivore aversive conditioning tools. —

Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025 So does its competitor, Impossible Foods, which recently changed its packaging colors from green to blood red, all the better to woo carnivores. —

Cara Buckley, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 The site was once teeming with extinct fauna, including several carnivores, equine species, rhinocerotoids, and rodents. —

Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for carnivore