carnivorous: znaczenie i definicje

Of or relating to carnivores.

Flesh-eating or predatory: a carnivorous bird.

Characterized by destructive or predatory behavior or instincts: "a city becoming increasingly carnivorous as it becomes decreasingly serious about governance” ( George F. Will).

Botany Capable of trapping insects or other small organisms and absorbing nutrients from them; insectivorous.