"hypercarnivore" meaning in All languages combined

See hypercarnivore on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: hypercarnivores [plural]
Etymology: From hyper- + carnivore. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hyper|carnivore}} hyper- + carnivore Head templates: {{en-noun}} hypercarnivore (plural hypercarnivores)
  1. Any animal whose diet is predominantly (more than 70%) meat from animals.
    Sense id: en-hypercarnivore-en-noun-9GmNsJs0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with hyper-, Diets Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hyper-: 47 53 Disambiguation of Diets: 84 16
  2. (paleobiology) Any creature with an increased slicing component of dentition relative to the grinding component.
    Sense id: en-hypercarnivore-en-noun-E0kPsb6S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hyper-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hyper-: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleobiology, paleontology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hypercarnivorous, hypercarnivory

Inflected forms

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