carnivoran
adj/kɑːˈnɪvərən/UK/kɑːrˈnɪvərən/US
Etymology
From Carnivora + -an.
Definitions
Of or pertaining to the order Carnivora.
- ...the earliest carnivoran diversity appears in the early Miocene rift sediments of East Africa...
- These creatures are so anatomically similar it’s proven hard to figure out their relationships, both with one another and with later carnivoran groups.
Any member of the order Carnivora.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for carnivoran. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA