as in omnivores
an animal that eats meat; a meat eater
—sometimes used humorously to refer to people who eat meat
Many of my friends are vegetarians, but I'm a carnivore.
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Recent Examples of carnivores
Even dedicated carnivores will be wooed by the sophisticated, hyperseasonal vegetarian-plus-oysters cooking at Oyster Oyster.
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Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
New species have turned up from Alaska to Mexico, an entire menagerie of tyrant carnivores that lived between 66 million and 80 million years ago.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
As the plant-eaters became larger, so did the carnivores, and a broad array of impressive reptiles emerged that thrived through the Jurassic and Cretaceous.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
In addition to that, several smaller bones, such as hand and finger bones, had crushing fractures consistent with those caused by flat molars — like in humans — instead of sharp punctures typically caused by carnivores.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2024
That's because cats are obligate carnivores that get all their nutrients from eating animal protein.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Evidence of animal trapping Foxes and wild cats are difficult to kill using traditional hunting tools such as spears, so Pelton suspects Stone Age hunters caught the small carnivores with traps, although direct evidence of animal trapping hasn’t been found at sites of this age in North America.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
By keeping those animals in check, coyotes inadvertently benefit song and ground birds, whose eggs are often eaten by smaller carnivores.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
However, at times, their unrestrainable instincts as carnivores and herbivores lead to tragic events.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
New species have turned up from Alaska to Mexico, an entire menagerie of tyrant carnivores that lived between 66 million and 80 million years ago.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
As the plant-eaters became larger, so did the carnivores, and a broad array of impressive reptiles emerged that thrived through the Jurassic and Cretaceous.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
In addition to that, several smaller bones, such as hand and finger bones, had crushing fractures consistent with those caused by flat molars — like in humans — instead of sharp punctures typically caused by carnivores.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2024
That's because cats are obligate carnivores that get all their nutrients from eating animal protein.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Evidence of animal trapping Foxes and wild cats are difficult to kill using traditional hunting tools such as spears, so Pelton suspects Stone Age hunters caught the small carnivores with traps, although direct evidence of animal trapping hasn’t been found at sites of this age in North America.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
By keeping those animals in check, coyotes inadvertently benefit song and ground birds, whose eggs are often eaten by smaller carnivores.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
However, at times, their unrestrainable instincts as carnivores and herbivores lead to tragic events.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Carnivores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnivores. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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