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Webster 1913 Edition

(kär-nĭv′ō̍-rŭs)

Adj.

[L.

carnivorus

;

caro

carnis

, flesh +

varare

to devour.]

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.

Eating or feeding on flesh; an epithet applied to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the lion, tiger, dog, wolf, &c.