carnivorous
adjUK /kɑːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/ · CA, US /kɑɹˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/
Etymology From Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”).
1
Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
- carnivorous animal
2
Flesh-eating; (usually also specifically) predatorily so: that is, predatory.
- carnivorous diet
- Synonyms
- sarcophagic, sarcophagous