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Carnivore vs Graminivore - What's the difference?

carnivore | graminivore |

Carnivore is a see also of graminivore.


As nouns the difference between carnivore and graminivore

is that carnivore is any animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet while graminivore is an herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.

carnivore

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet.
  • (label) A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
  • (informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.

    • Usage notes

    Not all meat-eaters (e.g. meat-eating birds and fish) belong to Carnivora, and not all Carnivora are meat-eaters (e.g. giant panda). To avoid the confusion, a new term carnivoran has been introduced to mean "belonging to Carnivora".

    Synonyms

    * meatarian, meatatarian (of people)

    Derived terms

    * obligate carnivore

    Related terms

    {{rel3, Carnivora , carnivoran , carnivorous , folivore , frugivore , hemovore , herbivore , insectivore , omnivore}}

    graminivore

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia graminivore) (en noun)
  • An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.

    • Related terms

    * graminivorous

    See also

    * herbivore * carnivore * folivore * frugivore * insectivore * omnivore