[0815] carnivorous

[보카길라잡이]

adj.

1. Of or relating to carnivores.
2. Flesh-eating or predatory: a carnivorous bird.
3. Characterized by destructive or predatory behavior or instincts: “a city becoming increasingly carnivorous as it becomes decreasingly serious about governance” (George F. Will).
4. Botany. Capable of trapping insects or other small organisms and absorbing nutrients from them; insectivorous.

carnivorous

adj 1: relating to or characteristic of carnivores; "the lion and other carnivorous animals"

2: (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects"

[비교: herbivorous, omnivorous, insectivorous]

[마스터현태]

carnivorous 육식성의. 육식동물의.

[고냉이짱]

carnivore 육식동물/ carnivorous 육식성의, 육식 동물의