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hypercarnivore

noun

Etymology

From hyper- + carnivore.

  1. derived from carnivorus
  2. borrowed from carnivore
  3. prefixed as hypercarnivore — “hyper + carnivore”

Definitions

  1. Any animal whose diet is predominantly (more than 70%) meat from animals.

    • Most sharks are hypercarnivores.

  2. Any creature with an increased slicing component of dentition relative to the grinding…

    Any creature with an increased slicing component of dentition relative to the grinding component.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hypercarnivore. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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