Carnivorous ¹

Definition: Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.

carnivorous ²

Definition: (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects"

carnivorous ³

Definition: relating to or characteristic of carnivores; "the lion and other carnivorous animals"