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# carnivorous

«carnivorous» in Mova's school dictionary: **A carnivorous animal eats meat, mostly other animals:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (carnivorous); noun (a carnivore, carnivores)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A carnivorous animal eats meat, mostly other animals: lions, sharks and eagles are carnivorous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivorous/#m1)

2) A carnivorous plant catches and digests insects or small animals, like the Venus flytrap or sundew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivorous/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on food chains and classification, animals are herbivores (plants only), carnivores (meat only) or omnivores (both); carnivores are often predators with sharp teeth or talons. Carnivorous plants grow in poor, boggy soil and get extra nutrients from insects. Phrases: «carnivorous animal», «carnivorous plant», «carnivore, herbivore, omnivore».

### examples

- Sharks are carnivorous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivorous/#x1)
- A Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivorous/#x2)
- Carnivorous dinosaurs like T. rex had sharp teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivorous/#x3)
- Tigers are carnivores, but bears are omnivores. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivorous/#x4)
- The sundew is carnivorous: it traps flies on sticky hairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivorous/#x5)
- Cats are carnivorous, so they need meat in their food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnivorous/#x6)

### note

Noun: «carnivore». Say it "car-NIV-or-us". Related: herbivorous, omnivorous, insectivorous. Myth: carnivorous plants do not eat people — they catch small insects. Some scavengers are carnivorous without hunting.

### In the corpora

- [There are more than 600 kinds of carnivorous plants, and all of them still make their food from sunlight.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/254-plants-deeper-carnivorous-plants-that-count-slip-and-suck/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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