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# carnivore

«carnivore» in Mova's school dictionary: **an animal that eats mainly meat, other animals** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a carnivore, carnivores)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A carnivore is an animal that eats mainly meat, other animals. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivore/#m2)

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

### In the corpora

- [Real cats are carnivores: they need meat, cannot live on pasta like Garfield, and cannot even taste sweet things.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right/4/)
- [Herbivores eat plants, carnivores eat animals, and omnivores eat both.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/26-food-chains-and-webs/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «carnivore» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivore/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.