Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Carnivorous

Carnivorous (kar*niv"o*rus) , adjective

[Latin carnivorus; caro, carnis, flesh + varare to devour.]

Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.