meat-eating

/ˈmiːtˈiːtɪŋ/

carnivorous

Tigers are meat-eating animals.

This describes tigers as carnivores that primarily consume meat.

general

Relating to or involving the consumption of meat.

Many predators are obligate meat-eating species.

This means they must eat meat to survive.

The diet of a meat-eating dinosaur would have included other animals.

This describes the carnivorous diet of certain dinosaurs.

The term is often used in biological and ecological contexts to describe animals or diets.

Collocations

meat-eating animala carnivorous animalmeat-eating dieta diet primarily consisting of meat

an animal that must eat meat to survive

a diet that includes meat

This term is often used to describe animals or diets in biological and ecological studies.

Do not use this term to describe omnivores unless specifying their meat-eating habits.

From 'meat' (Old English 'mete') + '-eating' (from 'eat'). The compound describes the act of consuming meat.

This term is commonly used in biology, ecology, and nutrition to describe diets or species that consume meat.

meat

the flesh of animals used as food

root

-eating

the act of consuming

suffix

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