transcription, транскрипция: [ kär-ˈni-v(ə-)rəs ]
adjective
Etymology: Latin carnivorus, from carn-, caro + -vorus -vorous
Date: 1592
1. : subsisting or feeding on animal tissues
2. of a plant : subsisting on nutrients obtained from the breakdown of animal protoplasm (as of insects)
3. : of or relating to the carnivores
4. : rapacious
• car·niv·o·rous·ly adverb
• car·niv·o·rous·ness noun
• car·niv·ory kär-ˈni-və-rē noun