Definition of Carnivorous

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Carnivorous

Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.

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Carnivorous Translations

carnivorous in German is fleischfressend

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