carnĭvŏrus — Lewis & Short
carnĭvŏrus, a, um, adj.2. caro-voro; of animals,
I feeding on flesh, carnivorous. perh. only Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78; 10, 73, 93, § 199.
The corpus record — Latin
carnivorus
carnivorus · adj
feeding on flesh
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Where it lives
- Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- carnivora Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.24
- carnivora Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.73.p1
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.
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