flesh-eating

• Descreve aquilo que consome ou se alimenta de carne, geralmente usado em contexto biológico literal ou figurativamente para algo extremamente agressivo ou destrutivo.

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.

   Sinônimoscarnivorousmeat-eatingpredaciouspredatoryzoophagous

2. Necrotizing (medical)C1formal

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

   Necrosante (termo médico)

   • 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.