Definition of "carnivore" [car•ni•vore]

• A flesh-eating animal. (noun)
• Any of various predatory, flesh-eating mammals of the order Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, bears, weasels, hyenas, and raccoons. (noun)
• One who victimizes or injures others; a predator. (noun)
• An insectivorous plant. (noun)

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• "Camera traps, said Lyren, are widely used in carnivore research because they help document the behavior and distribution of these more elusive, often-nocturnal animals … This camera trap is on the former El Toro Marine Base, an area that burned last week in the Orange County Santiago Fire."
• "'New Bornean carnivore' is most likely a little known flying squirrel"
• "And the thing that broke my heart wasn’t that she didn’t know the definition of the word carnivore; I could live with that."