Associations to the word «Carnivora»

Wiktionary

CARNIVORA, proper noun. A taxonomic order within the superorder Laurasiatheria   — the carnivores.

Dictionary definition

CARNIVORA, noun. Cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats