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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun [lowercase] Flesh-eating or carnivorous animals collectively considered: a term of no exact classificatory meaning.
  • noun The carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials, as collectively distinguished from the herbivorous marsupials, or Botanophaga. The opossum is an example.
  • noun A division of gastropods including carnivorous forms.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.

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