flesh-eating

• Describe algo que consume o se alimenta de carne, usado generalmente en contextos biológicos literales o de forma figurada para referirse a algo extremadamente agresivo o destructivo.

Describes something that consumes or feeds on flesh, typically used in a literal biological context or figuratively for something extremely aggressive or destructive.

1. CarnivorousB2formal

   Describing an animal that feeds on the flesh of other animals.

   Carnívoro

   • The Komodo dragon is a flesh-eating reptile.
   • Flesh-eating predators play a crucial role in the ecosystem.
   • Some dinosaurs were flesh-eating creatures.

   Sinónimoscarnivorousmeat-eatingpredaciouspredatoryzoophagous

2. Necrotizing (medical)C1formal

   Describing a type of infection that destroys soft tissue, often rapidly.

   Necrosante (infección)

   • Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but serious flesh-eating disease.
   • The patient was diagnosed with a flesh-eating bacterial infection.
   • Doctors had to perform surgery to remove the flesh-eating tissue.