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[ kahr-niv-er-uh ] / kɑrˈnɪv ər ə /
nounthe order comprising the carnivores. Origin of Carnivora1820–30; <New Latin; Latin: neuter plural of carnivorus;see carnivorous Words nearby Carnivoracarnitas, carnitine, carnival, carnivalesque, carnival glass, Carnivora, carnivore, carnivorous, carnose, Carnot, Carnot cycle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for CarnivoraIn the Carnivora vera the incus and stapes are small as compared with the malleus, but in the Pinnipedia they are large. The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds Australia has no carnivora—no beasts that prey on flesh—but chiefly marsupials, such as kangaroos. From Egypt to Japan|Henry M. Field It is these latter forms which come nearest to modern Carnivora, most of them being of Oligocene age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6|Various The carnivora are all excluded; for these, which live by the death of others, could never typify Him who should come to give life. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Leviticus|S H Kellogg
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