carnivoran

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/kɑːˈnɪvərən/
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/kɑːˈnɪvərən/ · /kɑːrˈnɪvərən/

Definition of carnivoran

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to the order Carnivora.
    “...the earliest carnivoran diversity appears in the early Miocene rift sediments of East Africa...”
    “These creatures are so anatomically similar it’s proven hard to figure out their relationships, both with one another and with later carnivoran groups.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to the order Carnivora.
    “...the earliest carnivoran diversity appears in the early Miocene rift sediments of East Africa...”
    “These creatures are so anatomically similar it’s proven hard to figure out their relationships, both with one another and with later carnivoran groups.”

noun

  1. Any member of the order Carnivora.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Carnivora + -an.

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