CARNIVOROUS in a Sentence

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Example sentences for CARNIVOROUS, such as:
1. Today, the hyena is the most common carnivore in Africa.
2. The lion's a carnivorous beast. A hunk of meat makes up his feast.
3. But its general shape must be what I have indicated, and it can run up a curtain, and it is carnivorous.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of CARNIVOROUS
carnivorous
 a.  relating to or characteristic of carnivores
 a.  (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals
Classic Sentence:
1  A thing altogether incredible were it not that attracted by such prey as a dead whale, the otherwise miscellaneously carnivorous shark will seldom touch a man.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.
2  But its general shape must be what I have indicated, and it can run up a curtain, and it is carnivorous.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man
Example Sentence:
1  The lion's a carnivorous beast. A hunk of meat makes up his feast.
2  Some animals, including man, are omnivorous and eat both meat and vegetables; others are either carnivorous or herbivorous.
3  Today, the hyena is the most common carnivore in Africa.