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# carnivore

noun (a carnivore, carnivores)

«carnivore» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A carnivore is an animal that eats mainly meat, other animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivore/#m1)
2. A carnivorous plant is a plant that traps and eats insects, like the Venus flytrap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivore/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on food chains, animals are sorted into carnivores (meat eaters), herbivores (plant eaters) and omnivores (both). Lions, sharks, eagles and wolves are carnivores; carnivores often have sharp teeth and claws. Phrases: carnivores and herbivores, a top carnivore.

### Examples

- A lion is a carnivore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivore/#x1)
- Carnivores have sharp teeth for tearing meat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivore/#x2)
- Is a cow a carnivore or a herbivore? A herbivore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivore/#x3)
- Sharks are carnivores that eat fish and seals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivore/#x4)
- The Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivore/#x5)
- In the food chain, the carnivore eats the herbivore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivore/#x6)
- Tyrannosaurus rex was a huge carnivore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivore/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun; adjective: carnivorous. Compare: herbivore (eats plants), omnivore (eats both: people, bears, pigs). Trap: some animals people think are carnivores, like bears, are really omnivores. Pandas are in the carnivore family but eat mainly bamboo.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «carnivore» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivore/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carnivore» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carnivore.html) on Mova free.