meat-eating


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meat-eating

adj
having meat as the predominant or only component in one's diet
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Adj.1.meat-eating - (of animals) carnivorousmeat-eating - (of animals) carnivorous    
animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
carnivorous - (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects"
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meat-eating

[ˈmiːtˌiːtɪŋ] ADJcarnívoro
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meat-eating

[ˈmiːtˌiːtɪŋ] adjcarnivoro/a
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I think the Fire People had already begun to be afraid of the dark in this fashion; but the reasons we Folk had for breaking up our hee-hee councils and fleeing to our holes were old Saber-Tooth, the lions and the jackals, the wild dogs and the wolves, and all the hungry, meat-eating breeds.
For a short distance he pursued his way in the wake of the black warriors, coming down presently to bury the meat of his kill where it would be safe from the depredations of Dango, the hyena, or the other meat-eating beasts and birds of the jungle.
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