Definition of carnivore

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car·ni·vore    (kärn-vôr, -vr) KEY  

NOUN:

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

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

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