carnivore

nouns

a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
"terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb"
carnivore
is a member of
cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia
Carnivora, order Carnivora
is a type of (narrower)
mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
any animal that feeds on flesh
"Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores"
carnivore
is a type of (narrower)
any animal that lives by preying on other animals
predator, predatory animal