Carnivore vs. Herbivore

Carnivorenoun

An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.

Herbivorenoun

An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.

Carnivorenoun

(zoology) A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.

Herbivorenoun

One of the Herbivora.

Carnivorenoun

(informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.

Herbivorenoun

any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants;

‘horses are herbivores’; ‘the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores’;

Carnivorenoun

One of the Carnivora.

Herbivore

A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet. As a result of their plant diet, herbivorous animals typically have mouthparts adapted to rasping or grinding.

Carnivorenoun

terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb

Carnivorenoun

any animal that feeds on flesh;

‘Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore’; ‘insectivorous plants are considered carnivores’;

Carnivore

A carnivore , meaning (Latin, caro, genitive carnis, meaning or and vorare meaning ), is an animal whose food and energy requirements derive solely from animal products (mainly muscle, fat and other soft tissues) whether through hunting or scavenging. Animals that depend solely on animal flesh for their nutrient requirements are called hypercarnivores or obligate carnivores, while those that also consume non-animal food are called mesocarnivores or facultative carnivores.

‘meat eater’; ‘meat’; ‘flesh’; ‘to devour’;