Definition of carnivore

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car·ni·vore

(kär

-vôr

, -v

) KEY

NOUN:

A flesh-eating animal.
Any of various predatory, flesh-eating mammals of the order Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, bears, weasels, hyenas, and raccoons.
One who victimizes or injures others; a predator.
An insectivorous plant.

ETYMOLOGY:
From French, meat-eating, from Latin carnivorus ; see carnivorous

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