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carnivorous
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Oryx and Crake
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Watering holes attract carnivores.†
p. 42.9

carnivores = animals that eat only meat
This one has no fear of him, though it fills him with carnivorous desires: he longs to whack it with a rock, tear it apart with his bare hands, then cram it into his mouth, fur and all.†
p. 96.1

carnivorous = meat-eating
Bernice let him know how much she disapproved of his carnivorous ways by kidnapping his leather sandals and incinerating them on the lawn.†
p. 189.1 *

Definitions:

(1) (carnivorous)
of an animal that primarily eats meat

Carnivorous animals (carnivores) are often contrasted to herbivores (plant-eating animals) and omnivores (animals that eat both meat and plants).
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)