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carnivore

/kahr-nuh-vawr, -vohr/US // ˈkɑr nəˌvɔr, -ˌvoʊr //UK // (ˈkɑːnɪˌvɔː) //

食肉动物,肉食性动物,肉食动物,肉食者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an animal that eats flesh.
    • : a flesh-eating mammal of the order Carnivora, comprising the dogs, cats, bears, seals, and weasels.
    • : an insectivorous plant.

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Examples

  • Meanwhile, the Upper Midwest population—which had been one of the last places the carnivores resisted eradication—rebounded.

  • Carrillo says the waning of sparassodonts may have left an opening for northern carnivores.

  • Already, fast food chains are offering plant-based burgers that routinely wow the most inveterate carnivores, including newspaper food writers.

  • Quickly eating a lot of food can be useful for carnivores when food is scarce.

  • Eating large quantities of food quickly can be a useful strategy for carnivores when food is scarce.

  • And where better to find that weapon than sharing the wild woods with our largest carnivore?

  • In Area D the child's right foot bones were discovered with "carnivore damage."

  • I love the animal charities for such a high-profile carnivore.

  • It is more subtle in its operation but of the same order of ruthlessness as the ravages of a carnivore.

  • A mutter became a growl, teeth gleamed—those cruel teeth of a carnivore to whom they were weapons of aggression.

  • Each carnivore has its own worms, as it has its own prey which introduces them.

  • The pirate-wasp was a carnivore, but this was the season when the wasps raised young.

  • His early life, the life of a predatory carnivore, had been an unthinkingly happy one.