carnivorous

 
  Grep  of  noun  carnivorous 
  carnivorous  bat 
  carnivorous  plant 
 
  Overview  of  adj  carnivorous 
 
  The  adj  carnivorous  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  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  of  adj  carnivorous 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  carnivorous 
 
  Sense  2 
  carnivorous  (vs.  herbivorous)  (vs.  omnivorous)  (vs.  insectivorous) 
 
  herbivorous  (vs.  omnivorous)  (vs.  insectivorous)  (vs.  carnivorous) 
  =>  anthophagous,  anthophilous 
  =>  baccivorous 
  =>  grass-eating(postnominal) 
  =>  plant-eating(postnominal),  phytophagic,  phytophagous,  phytophilous 
  =>  carpophagous,  fruit-eating(postnominal) 
  omnivorous  (vs.  insectivorous)  (vs.  carnivorous)  (vs.  herbivorous) 
  =>  all-devouring(postnominal) 
  insectivorous  (vs.  carnivorous)  (vs.  herbivorous)  (vs.  omnivorous) 
  =>  apivorous 
  =>  myrmecophagous 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  carnivorous 
 
  2  senses  of  carnivorous 
 
  Sense  1 
  carnivorous 
  Pertains  to  noun  carnivore  (Sense  1) 
  =>carnivore 
  =>  placental,  placental  mammal,  eutherian,  eutherian  mammal 
 
  Sense  2 
  carnivorous  (vs.  herbivorous)  (vs.  omnivorous)  (vs.  insectivorous) 
  =>  flesh-eating(postnominal),  meat-eating(postnominal),  zoophagous 
  =>  predacious,  predaceous 
  =>  piscivorous 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  carnivorous 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  carnivorous 
 
  carnivorous  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  carnivorous 
  carnivorous 
 
  Overview  of  adj  carnivorous 
 
  The  adj  carnivorous  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  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") 

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