What does carnivore mean?
Word: Carnivore
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Carnivore means an animal that eats meat, such as a tiger or a wolf.
Synonyms: meat-eater, predator
Antonyms: herbivore
How do you spell carnivore?
Syllables: car - ni - vore
Tricky part: The ending is vore, with a final e, just as in herbivore and omnivore; carnivor and carnivour are common slips.
Watch out for: carnivor, carnivour
Memory tip: Line up the three feeding words, herbivore, omnivore and carnivore: all of them finish with the same four letters.
Carnivore in a sentence
Example 1: The tiger is the largest carnivore in the forests of India.
Example 2: A carnivore has sharp teeth for tearing meat.
Example 3: Our science teacher asked us to sort the animals into carnivores and herbivores.
Fun Fact
The giant panda belongs to the group of mammals called carnivores, yet almost all it eats is bamboo.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Puzzle
Match the words with the correct options:
1. carnivore 2. herbivore 3. omnivore a. an animal that eats only plants b. an animal that eats both plants and meat c. an animal that hunts or feeds on other animals
a) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
b) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
c) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
d) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
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c) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b. Carni- points to meat, herbi- to plants, and omni- means all, so an omnivore eats both.
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
The leopard is a carnavore that rests in the branches of trees durring the day and hunts mostly at night.
a) only durring
b) leopard and branches
c) carnavore and durring
d) only carnavore
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c) carnavore and durring. Carnivore has an i after carn, and during has one r.
Word Tally
You get 2 marks for each correctly spelt word in the list. How many marks will you get?
carnivore, scavanger, mammel, reptile, vertebrate
a) 6
b) 4
c) 8
d) 10
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a) 6. Scavenger has an e after the v and mammal ends in al; three right words at two marks each make six.
Jumble Tumble
Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
123456789 vreacniro
a) 245671983
b) 542671938
c) 542176983
d) 542671983
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d) 542671983. The c at position 5 comes first, and the two r's at 2 and 8 fall third and eighth.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which animal is a carnivore?
a) a lion
b) a cow
c) a deer
d) a rabbit
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a) a lion
2. A carnivore would be most interested in ___.
a) a bunch of grass
b) a fish
c) a heap of leaves
d) a basket of apples
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b) a fish
