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单词 carnivorous
释义
carnivorous
(kɑːʳnɪvərəs )
1. adjective
Carnivorous animals eat meat. [technical]
Snakes are carnivorous.
2. adjective
Carnivorous can be used, especially humorously, to describe someone who eats meat.
Collocations:
carnivorous dinosaur
At one point he placed his head between the jaws of a large carnivorous dinosaur and took a selfie.
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The masterclass included a carnivorous dinosaur with a vegetarian in his jaws, still dribbling.
Times, Sunday Times
The almost complete skeleton of the previously unknown carnivorous dinosaur has been dated to about 213 million years old.
Times, Sunday Times
Cope at first thought the tooth belonged to a plesiosaur, but the same year realised it represented a carnivorous dinosaur.
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In the first of four parts, palaeontologists discuss the anatomical secrets that saw carnivorous dinosaurs thrive.
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carnivorous fish
Unlike those carnivorous fish, tilapia can feed on algae or any plant-based food.
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Modern fish farming involves feeding processed small wild fish to large carnivorous fish such as salmon, trout, and prawns.
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Many larger carnivorous fish feed on the redspotted sunfish, primarily bass.
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They are a carnivorous fish and are well adapted to their environment.
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These dinoflagellates adhere to coral, algae and seaweed, where they are eaten by herbivorous fish who in turn are eaten by larger carnivorous fish.
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carnivorous mammal
Palaeontologists had assumed for some time that cetaceans were related to an extinct group of hoofed, carnivorous mammals called mesonchians.
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They are prey species for various carnivorous mammals and birds of prey.
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Predators include snakes, owls, hawks, coyotes, and other carnivorous mammals.
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These were hooved, predominantly carnivorous mammals known only from fossils.
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Unique among carnivorous mammals, spotted hyenas are also born with their eyes open and with 67 mm long canine teeth and 4 mm long incisors.
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carnivorous plant
The most obscure things, such as our one wild carnivorous plant, the sundew, will grow only in peat.
Times, Sunday Times
A carnivorous plant displays what looks like intelligence to outwit its insect prey, scientists have learnt.
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Pocosin wetlands, a type of wetland that supports rare carnivorous plant species, are found in the park.
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New data relating to the evolution and phylogeny of some carnivorous plant families.
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A fourth special issue was published in 2012 to cover the many carnivorous plant taxa described the previous year.
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