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
Captive carnivores in the United States often have their diets supplemented with commercially available meat products, like chunk or mincemeat.
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Alana Wise, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Its carcass was used partly for research and partly to feed carnivores at the zoo – lions, tigers, and leopards.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
Officers interviewed the couple, assessed the area and spoke to a carnivore specialist, who stated the bears likely acted in self-defense.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 30 July 2025
The carnivores quickly made meals out of Yellowstone’s abundant elk, helping drive their population down to the roughly 2,000 individuals that spend winter in the park now.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2025
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Alana Wise, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Its carcass was used partly for research and partly to feed carnivores at the zoo – lions, tigers, and leopards.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
Officers interviewed the couple, assessed the area and spoke to a carnivore specialist, who stated the bears likely acted in self-defense.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 30 July 2025
The carnivores quickly made meals out of Yellowstone’s abundant elk, helping drive their population down to the roughly 2,000 individuals that spend winter in the park now.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnivore
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Card-carrying herbivores, seed-eaters, and omnivores switched to a cicada-heavy diet during a brood emergence in Washington, D.C., in 2021, according to Martha Weiss, a professor of biology at George Washington University.—
Sarah Henry,
The Courier-Journal,
8 July 2025
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But slugs can be beneficial omnivores that feed on algae, fungi, decomposing organic matter and plants.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 July 2025
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These cutting agents, including potent synthetic opioids and animal tranquilizers, increase the risk of fatal overdoses.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Public Investigator looks into the legal protections and qualifications for emotional support animals in Wisconsin.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Moreover, in every case, the ancestors were either insectivores or carnivores, with insect-eaters making the shift about three times more often than carnivores.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
ArsTechnica,
20 Aug. 2025
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Belonging to the same group of mammals as sloths and anteaters, armadillos are voracious insectivores that eat large numbers of beetles, grubs, ants, termites, and other insects, grabbing them with their sticky tongues.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
18 July 2025
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When the creature eventually gets munched on by a bigger fish, the concentration of DDT in the new predator's bloodstream only heightens.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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Complicating matters is several of the lethal alien creatures on board, including a xenomorph-spawning facehugger, escape from their confines and pick off the crew one by one until Morrow is the sole survivor.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Products like organic soap sprays and organic horticultural oil control smaller pests, while tree guards, netting, and fruit protection bags are musts for deterring birds and large critters such as groundhogs or raccoons, or deer that may damage the tree bark.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Sep. 2025
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Dickinsonia is one of the most enigmatic critters of the Ediacara Fauna, resembling a sort of hybrid between a worm and a jellyfish.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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My favorite Maginot menagerie beastie remains the multi-eyed crawling eyeball, who in this episode takes up residence within the eye socket of a Prodigy lab goat.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2025
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Most of the remaining beasties now live on remote islands near the equator, and most humans would conveniently like to forget them.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
30 June 2025
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“Carnivore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnivore. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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