Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal;
- Example: "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb"2.
any animal that feeds on flesh;
- Example: "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"- Example: "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Carnivore \Car`ni*vore\, n. [Cf. F. carnivore.] (Zool.)
One of the Carnivora.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
carnivore
n 1: a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; "terrestrial
carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb"
2: any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a
large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered
carnivores"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "carnivore":
Brillat-Savarin, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Lucullus, Primates,
Rodentia, amphibian, aquatic, biped, board-and-roomer, boarder,
bon vivant, canine, cannibal, connoisseur of food, consumer,
cosmopolite, diner, diner-out, eater, eater-out, epicure, feeder,
feline, flesh-eater, fruitarian, gastronome, glutton, gnawer,
gourmand, gourmet, grain-eater, graminivore, granivore, herbivore,
high liver, hungry mouth, insectivore, invertebrate,
lactovegetarian, luncher, mammal, mammalian, man-eater, marsupial,
marsupialian, meat-eater, mouth, omnivore, omophagist,
pantophagist, phytophage, picnicker, plant-eater, predacean,
primate, quadruped, reptile, rodent, ruminant, scavenger,
trencherman, ungulate, varmint, vegetarian, vermin, vertebrate