meat-eating

• Descreve um animal ou uma pessoa que se alimenta de carne. Pode ser usado tanto em sentido literal (que come carne) quanto figurado, referindo-se a alguém agressivo ou selvagem.

Describes an animal or person that eats meat as part of their diet.

1. CarnivorousB1formal

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

   Carnívoro

   • Lions and tigers are meat-eating animals.
   • The meat-eating dinosaur was a fearsome predator.
   • Many meat-eating mammals have sharp teeth for tearing flesh.

   Sinônimoscarnivorousflesh-eatingpredaciouspredatoryzoophagous

   Antônimosphytophagousplant-eatingvegetarian