单词 | carnivory |
释义 | carnivory|kɑːˈnɪvərɪ| [f. carnivore + -y3.] The eating of flesh; the consumption of animal tissue; carnivorousness.
1901Morning Post 10 May 4/7 Vivisection seems to us demonstrably a less evil than carnivory. 1967D. Morris Naked Ape vi. 193 Perhaps this is one way in which we resisted the move towards full-blooded carnivory. 1976Endeavour XXXV. 114 The study of the physiology of plant carnivory began with Darwin, whose classical work appeared just over a century ago. |

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