单词 | carnivora |
释义 | Carnivoran. Zoology. With plural agreement. A large order of flesh-eating Mammalia, including among others the feline, canine, and ursine families. (For a singular, see carnivore n.) Also, sometimes applied to orders or groups of other animals, e.g. to a large family of pentamerous beetles. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [noun] > carnivore > group of Carnivora1830 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > [noun] Carnivora1830 carnivore1854 1830 E. T. Bennett Gardens & Menagerie Zool. Soc. I. 99 The most typical group of the Carnivora. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §645 The aquatic Carnivora [Beetles]..live during their larva and perfect states in water. 1865 Daily Tel. 7/2 In a land like Hindostan..what a veritable power the great carnivora are. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1830 |
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