Betekenis van:
carnivorous

carnivorous
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • met vlees als voedsel
  • (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals
"carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects"
carnivorous
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
    • relating to or characteristic of carnivores
    "the lion and other carnivorous animals"

    Voorbeeldzinnen

    1. Most seagulls are carnivorous.
    2. Did you know there are carnivorous tortoises?
    3. Scavenging is both a carnivorous and herbivorous feeding behavior in which the scavenger feeds on dead and decaying organic matter present in its habitat.
    4. It is therefore appropriate to lay down specific provisions for carnivorous and non-carnivorous aquaculture animals.
    5. Specific rules on feeds for carnivorous aquaculture animals
    6. Feed for carnivorous aquaculture animals shall be sourced with the following priorities:
    7. Fish feed (particularly for carnivorous species) can contain significant amounts of fish meal and fish oil.
    8. Burial as referred to in the second paragraph must be deep enough to prevent carnivorous animals from digging up the carcases or half-carcases and shall be in suitable ground so as to prevent contamination of water tables or any environmental nuisance.
    9. CITES Carnivorous Plant Checklist, second edition, (B. von Arx et al., 2001, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and its updates accepted by the Nomenclature Committee, as a guideline when making reference to names of species of Dionaea, Nepenthes & Sarracenia.
    10. The raw materials for feeding organic carnivorous fish and crustaceans should preferably be derived from sustainable exploitation of fisheries as referred to in Article 5(o) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and defined in Article 3(e) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy [14] or organic feed derived from organic aquaculture sources.