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carnivorous

car.niv.o.rous \ka:r-'niv-(*-)r*s\ aj [L carnivorus, fr. carn-, caro flesh 
   + -vorus -vorous -m more at CARNAL 1: subsisting or feeding on animal 
   tissues  of a plant  2: subsisting on nutrients obtained from the breakdown 
   of animal protoplas m 3: of or relating to the carnivores  - 
   car.niv.o.rous.ly av