carnivorous

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Recent Examples on the Web The fire also swept through parts of the island that have rare habitats for sensitive plant and animal species found nowhere else, such as the endangered San Clemente loggerhead shrike, a carnivorous songbird. Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024 But starting in the 1990s, a series of bombshell fossil finds established that feathers were widespread among several lineages of the bipedal, carnivorous dinosaurs known as theropods and that birds had inherited these structures from their theropod ancestors. Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024 Thankfully, my carnivorous neighbors were more than willing to accept food at their door at odd hours (brisket! Rebecca Gorena, Bon Appétit, 13 Aug. 2024 This will be any carnivorous plant, like Venus fly trap and pitcher plants. Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for carnivorous 

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