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carnivorous

adjective as in eating animal flesh

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These efforts give me just enough time and space to dive diagonally out of the carnivorous thicket.

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Mama Woof smiled in her fashion, which is to say she pulled her carnivorous lips back over those razor-sharp teeth.

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A newly identified carnivorous reptile may look like a dinosaur at first glance, but researchers have confirmed that it was actually an early relative of modern crocodiles.

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It was a medium-sized, fast-moving predator that evolved after the extinction of other large carnivorous dinosaurs.

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Some carnivorous pitcher plants reflect UV light as part of their display, using colour, scent and nectar to lure prey.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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