carnivorous
Example Sentences
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They weren’t allowed to experiment with mammals, including rats, so they isolated tissue samples from anglerfish, the carnivorous bottom-feeders with razor sharp teeth.
These efforts give me just enough time and space to dive diagonally out of the carnivorous thicket.
From Literature
Mama Woof smiled in her fashion, which is to say she pulled her carnivorous lips back over those razor-sharp teeth.
From Literature
A newly identified carnivorous reptile may look like a dinosaur at first glance, but researchers have confirmed that it was actually an early relative of modern crocodiles.
From Science Daily
It was a medium-sized, fast-moving predator that evolved after the extinction of other large carnivorous dinosaurs.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
