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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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The Late Cretaceous carnivore is expected to fetch up to $9m when it goes under the hammer on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

They included two vegans and unusually, a dedicated carnivore.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife received two reports of a rare gray wolf sighting and photos of the carnivore in late August in an area where Mendocino, Glenn and Lake counties meet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

He follows a carnivore diet, picks up snakes with his bare hands, and pushes videos of himself doing pushups shirtless and in jeans.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026

She had loved and forgotten him by turns, an insatiable carnivore who lived on the affections of her dogs, her children and her lovers.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The rocks of the Santiago Formation have also produced early saber-toothed carnivores and primates, El Adli said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued in 1762 that consumers of meat were “more ferocious than other men,” while Lord Byron, in 1819, characterized humans as carnivores who, “like the shark or tiger,” must have their prey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Suraci stressed that large carnivores, like any species, have inherent value beyond the services they provide to human beings -- but said that failing to make the economic case would be a disservice to them.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

"While it is always heartbreaking to lose a young animal, sadly this is not uncommon in large cat litters," said Richard Langston, head of carnivores at Howletts.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Gethenians are not a hunting people, because there is very little to hunt—no large herbivores, thus no large carnivores, except in the teeming seas.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin


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