"carnivore" in the noun sense
1. carnivore
a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
"terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb"
2. carnivore
any animal that feeds on flesh
"Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"
"insectivorous plants are considered carnivores"
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