Word Finder - carnivores

definition

An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.

example

As juveniles the crocodiles are frequently predated by larger carnivores.

synonyms

• meat-eater
• zoophage

definition

A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.

example

The panda and the panther are both carnivores.

synonyms

• carnivoran

definition

A person who is not a vegetarian.

synonyms

• kreophagist
• meat-eater
• meatarian
• meatatarian
• nonvegetarian

Very few of these nocturnal carnivores are now alive to trouble flocks.

Some are big carnivores that eat the small ones.

Seafood The Qur'an states that everything from the sea is halal, including carnivores such as sharks.

Cats are true carnivores, more so than dogs.

Great veggie bacon, and keeps carnivores happy too.

Jellyfish are planktonic carnivores that seek their nourishment through a gastrovascular cavity, rather than a digestive tract.

Such frenzied attacks are typical behavior for many small carnivores faced with abundant ' prey ' .

Carnivores can relax, because alongside the "carrot loaf" and "tofu in oriental orange sauce," meaty delights such as steaks, chicken and shrimp are also on the menu.

In the wild, cats are carnivores and eat very little vegetable matter.

These herbivores are often eaten by carnivores (meat-eaters) after which some carnivores are eaten by other carnivores.

It is no exaggeration to say that wolf packs are feeding the carnivores and scavengers in Yellowstone.

Canines are fang teeth at the front of mouths which carnivores use to rip chunks of meat from their prey.

Some animals eat meat and only meat - thay are called carnivores.

The standard of meals is also getting better - there have even been sightings of avowed carnivores showing closet veggie leanings.

The forms comprised in the various groups, whilst exhibiting an extreme range of variety in shape, as may be seen on comparing an oyster, a cuttle-fish, and a sea-slug such as Doris; whilst adapted, some to life on dry land, others to the depths of the sea, others to rushing streams; whilst capable, some of swimming, others of burrowing, crawling or jumping, some, on the other hand, fixed and immobile; some amongst the most formidable of carnivores, others feeding on vegetable mud, or on the minutest of microscopic organisms - yet all agree in possessing in common a very considerable number of structural details which are not possessed in common by any other animals.

After all, cats are primarily carnivores, not herbivores.There are many ingredients put into commercial pet foods that the average pet owner may not even be aware of.

The most important thing to remember is that cats are carnivores.

As carnivores, high-carbohydrate products containing grains and cereals are inappropriate for cats' digestive systems.

The overriding factor in choosing a cat food is the fact that cats are carnivores.

Simply put, if a dog will not eat it in the wild, then it doesn't go into the mix.Dogs are carnivores by design, even though they will eat other food sources when the opportunity arises.

Carnivores, vegetarians and vegans will all be able to find hearty meals at these fine local restaurants.

They are ferocious carnivores equipped with huge jaws to capture prey.

This group includes canine distemper which infects carnivores, rinderpest which is a disease of artiodactyls and the human measles virus.

The alleged occurrence in the same beds of marsupials allied to the thylacine is based on remains now more generally regarded as referable to the creodont carnivores (see Creodonta).

There are carnivores, herbivores and scavengers among them.

Again, directly opposed to Cuvier's principle, we have discovered carnivores with hoofs, such as Mesonyx, and herbivores with sloth-like claws, such as Chalicotherium.

Cats are obligate carnivores, meaning that they must eat meat in order to survive.

Since cats are obligatory carnivores, their diet should be high in protein.

On this site you can play such games as the Flying Bear, where you can throw your character across the woods, and Keep Away, where you protect the herbivores in your SimAnimal forest from the carnivores.

In fact, there is a class of raw foodists known as raw carnivores that believe in eating only raw animal products and nothing else.

Dogs are carnivores first and foremost, but adding some veggies and fruits to their diet will provide a natural source of vitamins, fiber, minerals and antioxidants.

They believe that as carnivores, dogs need 60-80% meat and cats need 70-90% meat to be healthy and thrive.

Carnivores simply would not get this high ratio of carbohydrates in their native diet in the wild.

Some of the hunting games are Varmint Hunter, Ultimate Duck Hunting, Carnivores 2 (dinosaurs), Wildlife Tycoon and a variety of Deer Hunter games.

Although all mammals are thought to be susceptible to rabies infection, the primary hosts are carnivores and bats.

Carnassials-The last upper premolar teeth in the mouths of cats and other carnivores, adapted to shear or puncture food.

The more important of the carnivores which haunt the forests, valleys and mountain slopes are the bear (Ursus arctos), wolf, lynx, wild cat and fox (Vulpes melanotus).

The open savannas are the home of large ungulates, especially antelopes, the giraffe (peculiar to Africa), zebra, buffalo, wild ass and four species of rhinoceros; and of carnivores, such as the lion, leopard, hyaena, &c. The okapi (a genus restricted to Africa) is found only in the dense forests of the Congo basin.

Rabies affects humans and other mammals but is most common in carnivores (flesh eaters).

The feeding of carnivores is on the whole the most easy; the chief pitfall being the extreme liability of all except the larger forms to fatal digestive disturbances from food that is not quite fresh.