Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь - carnivorous
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adj. 1 (of an animal) feeding on flesh. 2 (of a plant) digesting trapped insects or other animal substances. 3 of or relating to the order Carnivora. Derivatives carnivorously adv. carnivorousness n. Etymology: L carnivorus f. caro carnis flesh + -VOROUS ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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adjective Etymology: Latin carnivorus, from carn-, caro + -vorus -vorous Date: 1592 1. subsisting or feeding on animal tissues 2. of a plant subsisting on nutrients obtained from the breakdown of animal protoplasm (as of insects) 3. of or relating to the carnivores 4. rapacious • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun • carnivory noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. Carnivorous animals eat meat. (TECHNICAL) Snakes are carnivorous. ADJ 2. Carnivorous can be used, especially humorously, to describe someone who eats meat. = meat-eating ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 1646, from L. carnivorus "flesh-eating," from caro "flesh" + vorare "to devour." Influenced by application of carnivora to a large order of flesh-eating mammals (1627). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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