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Meanings of carnivorous in English
(Used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals.
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Examples for "omnivorous"
Examples for "omnivorous"
1
Of English Literature and especially of poetry he was an omnivorous reader.
2
And tucking up this brass omnivorous hoofed mammal, reminder of swine everywhere.
3
Monkeys are omnivorous, never having been persuaded by the arguments of vegetarians.
4
I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.
5
I was still omnivorous, at least -female mosquitoes don't eat plants.
1
The only flesh they eat is that of herbivorous animals and birds.
2
The odors of blood, meat, and fat are repugnant to herbivorous animals.
3
Nothing is more remarkable than the result of habits in the herbivorous mammals.
4
The world had far more medium-sized herbivorous mammals than I'd imagined.
5
They were evidently herbivorous and some of them of gigantic size.
1
Under ideal weather conditions, reclaimed wetlands can support healthy populations of aerially-insectivorous birds.
2
Bats are mostly insectivorous; a few are fruit-eaters, such as our common flying-fox.
3
We began this series by insectivorous birds, and we had ended with them.
4
I have been working for some time on a special subject, namely insectivorous plants.
5
They include carnivorous, herbivorous, and insectivorous families, and their head-quarters appear to be Australia.
Usage of carnivorous in English
1
Some time after two million years ago, ape-men had become more carnivorous.
2
Ireland has several native species of carnivorous plants, growing in bog habitats.
3
The nutritive process is seen in its simplest form in carnivorous animals.
4
Other carnivorous larvæ-atleast in the series of the Hymenoptera-must share it.
5
We watched as Polyphemus visited his carnivorous flock on the far side.
6
For example, on Old Terra there were enormous carnivorous fish called sharks.
7
They are not carnivorous, and subsist altogether on particular flowers and grass.
8
I was no less carnivorous, but my faith had been seriously damaged.
9
Among the carnivorous insects the matter may develop to a tragic termination.
10
Of the carnivorous animals there were wolves and cats of large size.
11
Stronger grew the odor that invariably marks the den of carnivorous animals.
12
This deluxe set has seeds from over ten varieties of carnivorous plants!
13
So it is a carnivorous dinosaur, a member of the Theropod group.
14
The carnivorous beetles at Caripí were, like those of Pará, chiefly arboreal.
15
Barbie™ burgers and the like are part of an increasingly carnivorous diet.
16
Tell her that though man is partially graminivorous, he is principally carnivorous.
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Carnivorous through the time
Carnivorous across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common