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What does carnivorous mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word carnivorous? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
  2. Predatory or flesh eating.
  3. (botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
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The caterpillar is taken inside the ant nest where it promptly turns carnivorous and starts devouring its hosts' eggs and young.
Theropoda is the second saurischian group, consisting of the carnivorous dinosaurs.
If a pack of carnivorous mammals were to chase a lone prey animal into the tar pits, both predators and prey would become trapped.
Far from alleviating the problem, the farming of carnivorous fish, such as salmon, adds to the pressure on wild fish populations.
Massive carnivorous dinosaurs known as spinosaurs had snouts and jaws similar to modern fish-eating crocodiles.
For as long as they were there, no crocodile or armored herbivorous or general carnivorous dinosaur could grow very big.

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