Antonyms of adj carnivorous

1 of 2 senses of carnivorous

Sense 2
carnivorous (vs. herbivorous) (vs. omnivorous) (vs. insectivorous) -- ((used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects")

herbivorous (vs. omnivorous) (vs. insectivorous) (vs. carnivorous) -- (feeding only on plants)
        => anthophagous, anthophilous -- (feeding on flowers; "some insects are anthophagous")
        => baccivorous -- (feeding on berries)
        => carpophagous, fruit-eating (prenominal) -- (feeding on fruit)
        => grass-eating (prenominal) -- (feeding on grasses)
        => plant-eating (prenominal), phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous -- ((of animals) feeding on plants)
        => saprophagous, saprozoic -- ((of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter)
        => saprophytic -- ((of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter)
omnivorous (vs. insectivorous) (vs. carnivorous) (vs. herbivorous) -- (feeding on both plants and animals)
        => all-devouring (prenominal) -- ((of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating)
insectivorous (vs. carnivorous) (vs. herbivorous) (vs. omnivorous) -- ((of animals and plants) feeding on insects)
        => apivorous -- (feeding on bees)
        => myrmecophagous -- (feeding on ants; "myrmecophagous squirrel")

Similarity of adj carnivorous

2 senses of carnivorous

Sense 1
carnivorous -- (relating to or characteristic of carnivores; "the lion and other carnivorous animals")

Sense 2
carnivorous (vs. herbivorous) (vs. omnivorous) (vs. insectivorous) -- ((used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects")
       => flesh-eating (prenominal), meat-eating (prenominal), zoophagous -- ((of animals) carnivorous)
       => piscivorous -- (feeding on fishes)
       => predacious, predaceous -- (hunting and killing other animals for food)

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