Antonyms of adj flesh-eating

1 sense of flesh-eating

Sense 1
flesh-eating (prenominal), meat-eating (prenominal), zoophagous -- ((of animals) carnivorous)

INDIRECT (VIA omnivorous, insectivorous, carnivorous) -> herbivorous -- (feeding only on plants)
INDIRECT (VIA insectivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous) -> omnivorous -- (feeding on both plants and animals)
INDIRECT (VIA carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous) -> insectivorous -- ((of animals and plants) feeding on insects)

Similarity of adj flesh-eating

1 sense of flesh-eating

Sense 1
flesh-eating (prenominal), meat-eating (prenominal), zoophagous -- ((of animals) carnivorous)
       => 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")

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