zoophagous

Definitions

Feeding on animals; carnivorous.

Relating to or characteristic of an animal that subsists on other animals.

Examples

The zoophagous predator patiently stalked its prey through the dense undergrowth.

Many species of spiders are strictly zoophagous, feeding exclusively on insects and other small invertebrates.

The biologist noted that the zoophagous nature of the beetle helped control the population of garden pests.

Synonyms

carnivorous meat-eating predatory flesh-eating sarcophagous creophagous

Antonyms

herbivorous plant-eating vegetarian folivorous graminivorous frugivorous