Carnivora

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • [lowercase] In general, carnivorous animals; animals that feed on flesh.
  • In Cuvier's system of classification, the carnivorous mammals proper; the Carnaria or Carnassia of Cuvier without the Insectivora, the Chiroptera, and the carnivorous Marsupialia, forming the third family of his Carnaria, and divided into the tribes Plantigrada, Digitigrada, and Amphibia (or Pinnigrada, the seals, etc.).
  • In entomology, in Latreille's system, the first family of pentamerous Coleoptera, or beetles: synonymous with Adephaga.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun plural. An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful.
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  • noun. cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia
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    "These include such things as squalene (from shark liver oil), carnivorous plant extracts such as carnivora (venus fly trap), didrovaltrate which is an herbal extract from the Himalayan valerian plant; Acetaldehyde; benzaldehyde;"
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