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carnivorous

adj
/kɑːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/UK/kɑɹˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/CA/kaːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/

Etymology

From Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”).

  1. derived from carnivorus — “flesh-eating”

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.

    • carnivorous animal

  2. Predatory or flesh-eating.

    • carnivorous diet

  3. Insectivorous

    Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.

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Derived

anticarnivorous, carnivorously, carnivorousness, hypercarnivorous, hypocarnivorous, macrocarnivorous, mesocarnivorous, noncarnivorous, protocarnivorous, uncarnivorous

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at carnivorous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01carnivorous02flesh-eating03necrotizing04necrotize05undergo06bear07omnivorous

A definitional loop anchored at carnivorous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at carnivorous

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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