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carnivore

[kahr-nuh-vawr] / ˈkɑr nəˌvɔr /
ADJECTIVE
flesh-eating
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


NOUN
animal that eats flesh
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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"It's the only dinosaur found at this site that wasn't a bird, it was a carnivore, and it was much bigger than everything else that we've found there."

From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026

Following a carnivore diet and eliminating these key components of a balanced and nutritious diet would only exacerbate that problem.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Concern about health misinformation has been growing, with vaccination rates falling and extreme diets, such as the carnivore diet, increasing in popularity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The human remains appear to come from what was once a carnivore den.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026

If instead you want to grow 1,000 pounds of carnivore, you have to feed it 10,000 pounds of herbivore grown on 100,000 pounds of corn.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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