mindmap root((VOR)) carnivorous Meat-eating or flesh-eating.
🌱He'd gotten tired of his vegetarian guinea pigs and decided he preferred carnivorous pets such as ferrets. 🌳The order of mammals that Linnaeus named the Carnivora includes such families as the dogs, the bears, the raccoons, the weasels, the hyenas, the cats, and the seals. Most carnivores eat only meat in the wild, but some have varied diets; some bears, for instance, normally eat far more vegetation than meat. Carnivores have powerful jaws and complex teeth, and most are highly intelligent. Humans, like their ape cousins, are basically omnivores （See omnivore.） herbivorous Plant-eating.
🌱In spite of their frightening appearance, marine iguanas are peaceable herbivorous animals that feed mostly on seaweed. 🌳Many herbivorous animals, such as rabbits, deer, sheep, and cows, are noted for their gentle and passive ways. But such behavior is not universal among herbivores.Rhinoceroses and elephants, for instance, are capable of inflicting serious damage if threatened, and among dinosaurs, the herbivorous Diplodocus had a thick tail that could be used as a lethal weapon against attacking carnivores. Herbivorous humans are usually called vegetarians. insectivorous Feeding on insects.
🌱Their rather odd 12-year-old son kept insectivorous plants in his bedroom and fed them live flies. 🌳A wide variety of animals could be called insectivores—most of the birds, for example, as well as the spiders. Of the amphibians, frogs and many lizards are largely insectivorous. Even some fish get much of their food from insects. The order of mammals called Insectivora contains the shrews, moles, and hedgehogs, though bats and anteaters are also insectivores. Many insects are themselves insectivores; the dragonfly, for instance, is a swift insectivorous terror that lives up to its name. But it's the insectivorous plants that tend to fascinate us; of the over 600 species, the best known are the Venus flytrap （which snaps shut on its prey）, the pitcher plants （which drown insects in a tiny pool of water）, and the sundews （which capture insects with their sticky surfaces）. voracious Having a huge appetite.
🌱One of the hardest parts of dieting is watching skinny people with voracious appetites consume large amounts of food without gaining weight. 🌳Voracious can be applied to people, animals, and even things, and doesn't always refer to consuming food. Thus, teenagers are voracious eaters; you may become a voracious reader on vacation; and Americans have long been voracious consumers. The most voracious bats may eat three-quarters of their weight in insects in a single night. Some countries have a voracious appetite for oil. Voracious corporations keep "swallowing" other companies through mergers.