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Meat-eating   /mˈitˌitɪŋ/   Listen
Meat-eating

adjective
1.
(of animals) carnivorous.  Synonyms: flesh-eating, zoophagous.






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"Meat-eating" Quotes from Famous Books



... the vine, with all the wealth pertaining to smiling vineyards; the growth of the olive and other fruits, and all the other industries which only await their creation; and instead of this, at present, all we possess is the knowledge that we are the greatest meat-eating ...
— The Art of Living in Australia • Philip E. Muskett (?-1909)

... eating and large consumption of wine and beer had unfavourably affected the German national character, and had made the people more aggressive and irritable and consequently readier for war. The influence of diet on national character should not be under-estimated. Meat-eating ...
— My Four Years in Germany • James W. Gerard

... pursued his way in the wake of the black warriors, coming down presently to bury the meat of his kill where it would be safe from the depredations of Dango, the hyena, or the other meat-eating beasts and birds of the jungle. He was hungry. Had he been all beast he would have eaten; but his man-mind could entertain urges even more potent than those of the belly, and now he was concerned with an idea which kept a smile upon his lips and his eyes sparkling ...
— Jungle Tales of Tarzan • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... well after the meat-eating; we have had so little of it, and so seldom, that a little extra quite upsets me, and the gnawing it makes all my teeth bleed. Thermometer, 50 deg.. The weather has changed to mistiness, haziness. It is now reported that we still remain here twenty-five days longer, ...
— Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 • James Richardson

... meat the better, and if they never acquired the meat-eating habit it would be a blessing. If the parents believe in feeding their children meat, they should wait until the little ones are at least four years old before beginning. Meats are digestible enough, but too stimulating ...
— Maintaining Health • R. L. Alsaker



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