Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.
meat eating. Cnidaria - the animal phylum, formerly called Coelenterata, which includes soft-bodied creatures with stinging tentacles and radial symmetry.
Used in the gardening world to denote a plant (usually tropical) that typically lives in highly acidic soil that doesn't adequately provide enough nourishment. Nature has adapted these plants to trap and consume insects for this need. An example is the Venus Flytrap plant.
Eating animal tissue(the eater is referred to as a carnivore).
(insectivorous) Applied to a plant that obtains nutrients by trapping and ingesting insects.
Related Topics: [ wetlands] [ plants] Carnivory is a useful strategy for plants growing in nutrient poor environments. Throughout the world there are over 500 species of carnivorous plants in many different families. In North America carnivorous plants are mostly found in boggy environments - they include the bladderwarts, venus' flytrap, the pitcher-plants and the sundews. Each of these plants has its own distinctive way for trapping prey.
Capturing animals and digesting them, as applied to plants. See also insectivorous.
relating to or characteristic of carnivores; "the lion and other carnivorous animals"
(used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects"
an animal that eats other animals. BACK
describes an organism that eats animal matter (meat)
Feeding on animal tissues.
The term used to describe the diet of an organism who eats living animals. Strictly speaking, Purple Martins are carnivorous, since insects are animals. More specifically, Purple Martins are insectivorous. See "insectivorous."
Any animal or reptile that only eats animal flesh.
Said of an animal which primarily eats other animals.
A plant that traps and ingests insects for nutrition.
adj. Eating or living on flesh.
feeding on meat (animals)
Carnivore. If your reptile or amphibian is carnivorous, then they eat live or dead animals or insects. They are predators.
meat eating animals, all arachnids except mites, are exclusively carnivorous
An animal or plant that eats other animals
Feeding largely or exclusively on meat or other animal tissue.
Subsisting on nutrients obtained from the breakdown or animal tissue.
