as in omnivore
an animal that eats meat; a meat eater
—sometimes used humorously to refer to people who eat meat
Many of my friends are vegetarians, but I'm a carnivore.
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Recent Examples of carnivore
By keeping those animals in check, coyotes inadvertently benefit song and ground birds, whose eggs are often eaten by smaller carnivores.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Human recreation influences activity of a large carnivore in an urban landscape.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
An area where the tracks cross raises questions about possible interactions between the carnivores and herbivores.
—Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
From the shapes in the ground, the researchers conclude that the sauropod came by before the carnivore.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Human recreation influences activity of a large carnivore in an urban landscape.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
An area where the tracks cross raises questions about possible interactions between the carnivores and herbivores.
—Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
From the shapes in the ground, the researchers conclude that the sauropod came by before the carnivore.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for carnivore
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnivore
Noun
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Early dinosaurs were also bipedal and are believed to have been omnivores.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Jan. 2025
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As for omnivores, their gut microbiomes tended to have more bacteria associated with meat digestion, which makes sense.—
Maria Godoy,
NPR,
10 Jan. 2025
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While making an animal feed additive, the plant releases ethylene oxide, a colorless gas linked to leukemia and breast cancer.—
Lisa Song,
ProPublica,
5 Feb. 2025
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Michael Almereyda & Courtney Stephens; 2025; USA; 89 min An archival recitation of John C. Lilly’s controversial scientific legacy tells a tale of animal experimentation, counterculture, and human consciousness.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Here’s how to manage groundhogs Moles Moles are insectivores, tunneling to find food.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
18 Dec. 2024
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Among the species declines that have led to billions fewer birds in North America over the last half-century, grassland birds and aerial insectivores have been hit especially hard, having lost many bugs that once fed them.—
Brandon Loomis,
The Arizona Republic,
22 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Sten Lennart Jakobsen/East Zealand Museum About 66 million years ago, just before the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs, a fish chewed up and spit out some sea creatures.—
James Doubek,
NPR,
29 Jan. 2025
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Read Next California Hundreds of sea creatures leap from California waters.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Jan. 2025
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Although this story sounds like the ultimate revenge fantasy of any gardener who has watched his or her vegetable patch be ravaged by critters, a portion of it is true.—
Joan Morris,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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The animatronic critter, adds Stoller, was really heavy.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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But regardless of whether the beastie predicts six more weeks of winter or holds out the promise of an early Spring, next week should bring a respite of warmer weather.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Feb. 2025
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Hollywood gremlins are particularly interested in meddling with technological devices to cause serious accidents, and a voiceover at the end of the film ominously warns viewers that any unexplained problems with electrical devices in the home might be on account of a such a beastie lurking there.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2024
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“Carnivore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnivore. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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