Aug. 17th, 2016

carnivorous

Aug. 17th, 2016 07:47 am
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carnivorous (kahr-NIV-er-uhs) - adj., eating meat; of or relating to the carnivores (a family of mammals); predatory, rapacious.


Adopted by Browne in the 1640s from Latin carnivorus, from carō, flesh + vorāre, to consume.

---L.
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