carnivore
Definitions of carnivore
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a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammaltypes:félinany of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile clawsoursmassive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong clawsfissipèdesfissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammalsarctoïdéplantigrade carnivorous mammalschien, chien domestiquea member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breedsloupany of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packschacalOld 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 pairchien sauvageany of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolveshyènedoglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrionrenardalert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packschatfeline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcatschatany of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wildours brunlarge ferocious bear of Eurasiaours blancwhite bear of Arctic regionsbelettesmall carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neckputoisdark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatenedmouffetteAmerican musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinaegloutonmusteline mammal of northern Eurasiamartreagile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weaselsraton laveuran omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central Americapandalarge 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 Ailuropodidaetype of:euthérien, mammifère euthérien, mammifère placentèremammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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