obligate carnivore

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.1.2 See also

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[edit] Noun

obligate carnivore (plural obligate carnivores)

1. An animal that necessarily subsists on a diet consisting mainly of meat, because it does not possess the physiology to digest vegetable matter. Such animals may consume other materials (vegetable or mineral) for non-nutritional purposes.

[edit] Synonyms

• true carnivore

[edit] See also

• carnivore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:carnivore