vleeseter

Definitions of vleeseter
  1. noun
    any animal that feeds on flesh
    synonyms: carnivoor
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    predator, roofdier
    any animal that lives by preying on other animals
  2. noun
    a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
    synonyms: carnivoor
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    hoektand, oogtand
    any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
    baissier
    massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
    berejong, berenjong
    a young bear
    teef, wolvin
    female of any member of the dog family
    hond, joekel
    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
    wolf
    any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
    hyena
    doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
    vos
    alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
    dakhaas, kat, katje, kattekop, kattenkop, poes
    feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
    dakhaas, kat, kattekop, kattenkop, poes
    any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
    kraagbeer
    brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear
    kraagbeer
    bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia
    ijsbeer, poolbeer
    white bear of Arctic regions
    wezel
    small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
    bunzing, stinkdier
    dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
    otter, otterbont
    freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur
    stinkdier
    American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
    das
    sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
    honingdas
    nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia
    veelvraat
    stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal
    culi, fijnproever, gastronoom, gourmand, gourmet, kenner, lekkerbek, lucullus, smulpaap, veelvraat
    musteline mammal of northern Eurasia
    marter, marterbont
    agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels
    panda
    reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas
    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
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