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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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After detailed analysis, they concluded the marks had been left by a large carnivore, possibly a bear, rather than humans.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

The trouble is that there isn’t much high-quality research linking the carnivore diet and beneficial long-term health outcomes, such as eliminating visceral fat.

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 tracks capture the movements of two very different dinosaurs: a long-necked sauropod thought to be a Cetiosaurus and the two-legged carnivore Megalosaurus.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

I’m a carnivore, from a long line of carnivores going back five hundred million years and who knows how long before that.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin




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