carnivorousadj.

/kɑːˈnɪvərəs/

Etymology: < Latin carnivorus ( < carni- flesh + -vorus devouring) + -ous suffix.

1. Eating or feeding on flesh; applied to those animals which naturally prey on other animals, and spec. to the order Carnivora n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > carnivorous

carnivorous1646

zoophagous1788

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > [adjective]

carnivorous1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. x Many there are..which eate no salt at all, as all carnivorous animals.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 6 In all Flyes, more conspicuously in Carnivorous or Flesh-Flyes.

1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. Introd. p. ix Birds may be distinguished, like quadrupeds, into..granivorous and carnivorous.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ii. 39 Do the..rapacious Hymenoptera supply the place of these carnivorous beetles?

1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 187 Zeus's winged hound, The strong carnivorous eagle.

1879 A. R. Wallace Australasia iii. 56 Carnivorous marsupials preying upon the other groups.

2. Botany. Applied to those plants which absorb and digest animal substances as food.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [adjective] > feeding on animal matter

insectivorous1661

carnivorous1868

1868 Sci. Opinion i. 16 The highly interesting carnivorous plants.

1880 W. R. McNab Bot.: Outl. Morphol. & Physiol. iv. 95 Some plants..obtain a part of [their nitrogenous food] in a peculiar manner. These are the so-called carnivorous plants.

3. Medicine. Applied to caustics as destructive of flesh.

ΚΠ

1881 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon

Derivatives

carˈnivorously adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adverb] > eating flesh

carnivorously1837

1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow xxxviii, in Metropolitan May 13 The sow..was carnivorously inclined.

1858 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley II. 446 He dined carnivorously.

carˈnivorousness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating flesh or meat

sarcophagy1650

carnivorousness1856

carnivory1901

meat-eating1905

1856 Chambers's Jrnl. 5 133 Carnivorousness is an aberration of humanity, and a semi-return to the diet of beasts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	carnivorous
释义	carnivorousadj. /kɑːˈnɪvərəs/ Etymology: < Latin carnivorus ( < carni- flesh + -vorus devouring) + -ous suffix. 1. Eating or feeding on flesh; applied to those animals which naturally prey on other animals, and spec. to the order Carnivora n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > carnivorous carnivorous1646 zoophagous1788 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > [adjective] carnivorous1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. x Many there are..which eate no salt at all, as all carnivorous animals. View more context for this quotation 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 6 In all Flyes, more conspicuously in Carnivorous or Flesh-Flyes. 1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. Introd. p. ix Birds may be distinguished, like quadrupeds, into..granivorous and carnivorous. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ii. 39 Do the..rapacious Hymenoptera supply the place of these carnivorous beetles? 1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 187 Zeus's winged hound, The strong carnivorous eagle. 1879 A. R. Wallace Australasia iii. 56 Carnivorous marsupials preying upon the other groups. 2. Botany. Applied to those plants which absorb and digest animal substances as food. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [adjective] > feeding on animal matter insectivorous1661 carnivorous1868 1868 Sci. Opinion i. 16 The highly interesting carnivorous plants. 1880 W. R. McNab Bot.: Outl. Morphol. & Physiol. iv. 95 Some plants..obtain a part of [their nitrogenous food] in a peculiar manner. These are the so-called carnivorous plants. 3. Medicine. Applied to caustics as destructive of flesh. ΚΠ 1881 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Derivatives carˈnivorously adv. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adverb] > eating flesh carnivorously1837 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow xxxviii, in Metropolitan May 13 The sow..was carnivorously inclined. 1858 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley II. 446 He dined carnivorously. carˈnivorousness n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating flesh or meat sarcophagy1650 carnivorousness1856 carnivory1901 meat-eating1905 1856 Chambers's Jrnl. 5 133 Carnivorousness is an aberration of humanity, and a semi-return to the diet of beasts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1646
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