obligate carnivores

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Definition of obligate carnivores in English English dictionary

plural form of obligate carnivore

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obligate carnivore

An animal that necessarily subsists on a diet consisting mainly of meat, because it does not possess the physiology to digest vegetable matter. Such animals may consume other materials (vegetable or mineral) for non-nutritional purposes

Hyphenation

ob·li·gate carnivores

Turkish pronunciation

äblıgeyt kärnıvôrz

Pronunciation

/ˈäbləˌgāt ˈkärnəˌvôrz/ /ˈɑːbləˌɡeɪt ˈkɑːrnəˌvɔːrz/