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carnívoro

Definitions of carnívoro
  1. noun
    any animal that feeds on flesh
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    type of:
    depredador, predador
    any animal that lives by preying on other animals
  2. noun
    a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
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    types:
    fisípedo
    terrestrial carnivores; having toes separated to the base: dogs; cats; bears; badgers; raccoons
    cánido
    any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
    felino, félido
    any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws
    oso
    massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
    vivérrido
    small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World
    mustélido
    fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
    prociónido
    plantigrade carnivorous mammals
    osezno, osito
    a young bear
    perra
    female of any member of the dog family
    can, perro
    a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
    lobo
    any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
    chacal
    Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
    perro salvaje
    any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves
    hiena
    doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
    zorro
    alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
    gato
    feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
    oso común, oso pardo
    large ferocious bear of Eurasia
    oso americano, oso negro americano
    brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear
    oso tibetano
    bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia
    oso blanco, oso polar
    white bear of Arctic regions
    algalia, civeta, civeto
    cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes
    gineta, jineta
    agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail
    mangosta
    agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents
    comadreja, mustela
    small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
    visón
    slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur
    hurón, turón
    dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
    hurón
    musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
    nutria
    freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur
    turón
    American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
    tejón
    sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
    glotón
    musteline mammal of northern Eurasia
    fuina, garduña, marta
    agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels
    taira
    long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America
    mapache, oso lavador
    an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America
    basáride, cacomiztle
    raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
    cuchumbí, kinkajú
    arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
    coatí, cuatí
    omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America
    panda menor
    reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas
    oso panda, panda
    large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae
    type of:
    placentario
    mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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