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Definition of: carnivorous
(kär·niv′ə·rəs) adjective
1. Eating or living on flesh.
2. Of or pertaining to the Carnivora. [<L carnivorus <caro, carnis flesh + vorare eat, devour]
—car·niv′o·rous·ly adverb
—car·niv′o·rous·ness noun
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