Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #907 of 1319

carnivore (n.)

a meat eater

Examples

  • Wolves are carnivores.

Key rules

  • A carnivore is an animal that eats meat
  • A top carnivore, wolves are carnivores
  • Carnivore is countable

Common mistakes

  • Wolves is carnivores → Wolves are carnivores
💡 Tip: Biology // Animals // Food chains
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