carnivoran

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carnivoran

  • /kɑːˈnɪvərən/ UK
  • /kɑːrˈnɪvərən/ US

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From Carnivora + -an.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or pertaining to the order Carnivora. ...the earliest carnivoran diversity appears in the early Miocene rift sediments of East Africa...

noun carnivorans

  1. Any member of the order Carnivora.

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"carnivoran." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/carnivoran. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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carnivoran. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/carnivoran

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"carnivoran." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/carnivoran.

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@misc{carnivoran_2026,
  title = {carnivoran},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carnivoran},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}