zoophaga

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

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

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.