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English and French Translation Search Results for carnivorous

Summary

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carnivorous:
- carnivore
Wiktionary:
- carnivorous → carnivore, carnassier
- carnivorous → poisson carnassier

English

Detailed Translations for carnivorous from English to French

carnivorous:

carnivorous adj

carnivorous
carnivore
- carnivore adj

Translation Matrix for carnivorous:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
carnivore		beast of prey; boar; carnivore; fles-eating animal; predator
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
carnivore	carnivorous

Related Words for "carnivorous":

carnivorousness, carnivorously

Synonyms for "carnivorous":

placental; placental mammal; eutherian; eutherian mammal
flesh-eating; meat-eating; zoophagous; piscivorous; predacious; predaceous

Antonyms for "carnivorous":

herbivorous; omnivorous; insectivorous

Related Definitions for "carnivorous":

(used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals¹
- carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects¹
relating to or characteristic of carnivores¹
- the lion and other carnivorous animals¹

Wiktionary Translations for carnivorous:

carnivorous

adjective

Insectivorous
- carnivorous → carnivore
Predatory or flesh-eating
- carnivorous → carnivore; carnassier
Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora
- carnivorous → carnivore

carnivorous

adjective

Qui consommer de la viande.
- carnivore → carnivorous; carnivore

noun

Nom donné au poisson d’eau douce du genre brochet, sandre, perche, black-bass, silure…ou de mer du genre barracuda, carangue…. qui se nourrit d’autres poissons.
- poisson carnassier → carnivorous; fish

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