carnivorous

«carnivorous» in Mova's school dictionary: A carnivorous animal eats meat, mostly other animals:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (carnivorous); noun (a carnivore, carnivores)

meaning for a pupil

1) A carnivorous animal eats meat, mostly other animals: lions, sharks and eagles are carnivorous. tree →

2) A carnivorous plant catches and digests insects or small animals, like the Venus flytrap or sundew. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on food chains and classification, animals are herbivores (plants only), carnivores (meat only) or omnivores (both); carnivores are often predators with sharp teeth or talons. Carnivorous plants grow in poor, boggy soil and get extra nutrients from insects. Phrases: «carnivorous animal», «carnivorous plant», «carnivore, herbivore, omnivore».

examples

• Sharks are carnivorous. tree →
• A Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant. tree →
• Carnivorous dinosaurs like T. rex had sharp teeth. tree →
• Tigers are carnivores, but bears are omnivores. tree →
• The sundew is carnivorous: it traps flies on sticky hairs. tree →
• Cats are carnivorous, so they need meat in their food. tree →

note

Noun: «carnivore». Say it "car-NIV-or-us". Related: herbivorous, omnivorous, insectivorous. Myth: carnivorous plants do not eat people — they catch small insects. Some scavengers are carnivorous without hunting.

In the corpora

• There are more than 600 kinds of carnivorous plants, and all of them still make their food from sunlight.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «carnivorous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.