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Webster 1913 Edition
Carnivora
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Car-niv′o-ra
(kär-nĭv′ō̍-rȧ)
, Noun.
pl.
[NL., neut. pl. from L.
carnivorus
. See Carnivorous
.] (Zoöl.)
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.
Definition 2024
Carnivora
Carnivora
Translingual
Proper noun
Carnivora
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Laurasiatheria – the carnivores.
Hypernyms
- (order): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder
Hyponyms
- (order with older system of suborders): Fissipedia - land carnivores, Pinnipedia - sea carnivores
- (order with newer system of suborders): Caniformia - dogs etc, Feliformia - cats etc, †Miacoidea
carnivora
carnivora
Italian
Noun
carnivora f (plural carnivore)
- feminine equivalent of carnivoro (“carnivore; man-eater”)
Adjective
carnivora f sg
- feminine singular of carnivoro
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
carnivora
- nominative feminine singular of carnivorus
- nominative neuter plural of carnivorus
- accusative neuter plural of carnivorus
- vocative feminine singular of carnivorus
- vocative neuter plural of carnivorus
carnivorā
- ablative feminine singular of carnivorus
References
- CARNIVORA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)