Carnivorous Animal  Subsisting Noun From  Car·Niv·O·Rous Adjective  Latin 

car·niv·o·rous
 \\kär-ˈni-v(ə-)rəs\\ adjective1. subsisting or feeding on animal tissues
2. of a plant : subsisting on nutrients obtained from the breakdown of animal protoplasm (as of insects)
3. of or relating to the carnivores
4. 

rapacious

• car·niv·o·rous·ly adverb
• car·niv·o·rous·ness noun
• car·niv·ory  \\kär-ˈni-və-rē\\ noun

car·niv·o·rous
\(ˈ)kär|niv(ə)rəs, -ȧ|n-\ adjective
Etymology: Latin carnivorus, from carni- (from carn-, caro flesh) + -vorus -vorous — more at 
1. of an animal : eating flesh
 < the dog is a typical carnivorous mammal >
: subsisting or feeding on animal tissues
 < many larval insects are carnivorous >
: 
 < the carnivorous hunting spiders >
— compare , 
2. of a plant : subsisting on nutrients obtained from the breakdown of animal protoplasm — compare 
3. : of or relating to the Carnivora
4. anthropology : having a slender body build and a short small intestine — opposed to herbivorous and nearly equivalent to ectomorphic
• car·niv·o·rous·ly adverb
• car·niv·o·rous·ness noun -es
• car·niv·o·ry \ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷vərē\ noun -es