Noun
- 1. carnivore, placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
- usage: a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb"
- 2. carnivore, predator, predatory animal
- usage: any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores"
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