carnivorous
/kɑɹˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/ adjective C2- Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora. · carnivorous animal
- Flesh-eating; (usually also specifically) predatorily so: that is, predatory. · carnivorous diet
- Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
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The innkeeper himself was a man of from forty to fifty-five years of age, tall, strong, and bony, a perfect specimen of the natives of those southern latitudes; he had dark, sparkling, and deep-set eyes, hooked nose, and teeth white as those of a carnivorous animal; his hair, like his beard, which he wore under his chin, was thick and curly, and in spite of his age but slightly interspersed with a few silvery threads.
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