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carnivorously

/ˈkɑː(ɹ)ˌnɪv.əɹ.əs.li/ adv

In a carnivorous manner.

Word Origin From Latin 'caro' 'flesh' and 'vorare' 'to devour' — literally 'flesh-devouring.' Carnivorously means in a meat-eating manner. The same roots give us carnivore, herbivorous (plant-eating), and omnivorous (all-eating). The PIE root *ker- for flesh also appears in carnage and carnal.

adv In a carnivorous manner.

The tiger fed carnivorously on its fresh kill.

(副词) 肉食性地

老虎肉食性地享用着它的新鲜猎物。

(adverbio) carnívoramente; de manera carnívora [De manera carnívora.]

El tigre se alimentaba de manera carnívora de su presa recién cazada.

(adverbe) de manière carnivore; d'une manière carnivore [D'une manière carnassière, comme un carnivore qui se nourrit de chair.]

Le tigre se repaît de sa proie fraîche avec voracité carnassière.

(Adverb) fleischfressend [Auf eine fleischfressende Weise; in der Art eines Fleischfressers.]

Der Tiger fraß **carnivorously** von seiner frischen Beute.

(副詞) 肉食動物のように；肉を貪るように。

トラは、捕らえたばかりの獲物を肉食獣のように貪欲に食らった。

(advérbio) carnivoramente [De maneira carnívora.]

O tigre se alimentava vorazmente de sua presa fresca.

Synonyms: predatorily ravenously flesh-eatingly meat-eatingly bloodthirstily Antonyms: herbivorously vegetarianly plant-eatingly
Word parts: carni + vor + ous + ly

Related words

carnivore

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