carnivora

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Noun

HYPHEN

Car=niv=o=ra

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun carnivora has 1 sense

carnivora(n = noun.animal) order carnivora - cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia; Array

is a kind of animal order

is a member of eutheria, subclass eutheria

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CIDE DICTIONARY

carnivora, n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. from L. carnivorus. See Carnivorous.].

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. [1913 Webster]

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