carnivoran

adj
/kɑːˈnɪvərən/UK/kɑːrˈnɪvərən/US

Etymology

From Carnivora + -an.

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. Any member of the order Carnivora.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA