Carnivorous

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Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.

Adj.	1.	carnivorous - relating to or characteristic of carnivores; "the lion and other carnivorous animals"
	2.	carnivorous - (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects" Antonyms: herbivorous - feeding only on plants insectivorous - (of animals and plants) feeding on insects omnivorous - feeding on both plants and animals

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