a. [ L. carnivorus; caro, carnis, flesh + varare to devour. ] Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics. [ 1913 Webster ]
[aohanahosoootokage](n) canopy goanna (Varanus keithhornei, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Northeast Australia); blue-nosed goanna; Nesbit River monitor[Add to Longdo]
[aohosoootokage](n) blue-spotted tree monitor (Varanus macraei, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from the island of Batanta, Indonesia)[Add to Longdo]
[akebonohimeootokage](n) northern ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus primordius, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the Northern Territory of Australia); blunt-spined goanna[Add to Longdo]
[iemen'ootokage](n) Yemen monitor (Varanus yemenensis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found at the base of the Tihama mountains along the western coast of Yemen)[Add to Longdo]
[iwahimeootokage](n) Storr's pygmy monitor (Varanus storri, species of small carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia); Storr's goanna; Storr's monitor[Add to Longdo]
[emerarudotsuri-monita-; emerarudo . tsuri-. monita-](n) emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus, species of arboreal carnivorous monitor lizard found from New Guinea to Queensland, Australia); green tree monitor[Add to Longdo]
[oruriootokage](n) blue-tailed monitor (Varanus doreanus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago); Kalabeck's monitor[Add to Longdo]
[kiiroootokage](n) yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens, species of asian carnivorous monitor lizard found in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh)[Add to Longdo]
[kujakuootokage](n) peacock monitor (Varanus auffenbergi, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the island of Roti in Indonesia); Auffenberg's monitor[Add to Longdo]
[kurokodairumonita-; kurokodairu . monita-](n) crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in New Guinea); Salvadori's monitor; Papua monitor; artellia[Add to Longdo]
[gureiootokage](n) Gray's monitor (Varanus olivaceus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from Luzon and the Catanduanes Islands in the Philippines)[Add to Longdo]
[sabannaootokage](n) savanna monitor (Varanus exanthematicus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa); Bosc's monitor[Add to Longdo]
[sabiiroootokage](n) rusty monitor (Varanus semiremex, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the east coast of Queensland, Australia)[Add to Longdo]
[sarubato-rumonita-; sarubato-ru . monita-](n) water monitor (Varanus salvator, species of carnivorous monitor lizard common from Sri Lanka in the west to the Philippines in the east); common water monitor[Add to Longdo]
[sujimehimeootokage](n) stripe-tailed goanna (Varanus caudolineatus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the forests of Western Australian)[Add to Longdo]
[supensa-ootokage](n) Spencer's monitor (Varanus spenceri, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to northern Australia); Spencer's goanna[Add to Longdo]
[seguroootokage](n) tricolored monitor (Varanus yuwonoi, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from Halmahera Island in North Maluku, Indonesia); Moluccan black-backed monitor[Add to Longdo]
[torisuteisumonita-; torisuteisu . monita-](n) black-headed monitor (Varanus tristis, small species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia); freckled monitor[Add to Longdo]
[nairumonita-; nairu . monita-](n) Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa); water leguaan[Add to Longdo]
[nodojiroootokage](n) rock monitor (Varanus albigularis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in southern Africa); legavaan; white-throated monitor[Add to Longdo]
[hashigoootokage](n) banded tree monitor (Varanus scalaris, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to northwestern Australia); spotted tree goanna[Add to Longdo]
[higashibengaruootokage](n) clouded monitor (Varanus nebulosus, species of diurnal carnivorous monitor lizard native to South-East Asia)[Add to Longdo]
[hyakumeootokage](n) Argus monitor (Varanus panoptes, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea); yellow-spotted monitor[Add to Longdo]
[bengaruootokage](n) Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found widely distributed over South Asia); common Indian monitor[Add to Longdo]
[hoosujiootokage](n) Kimberley rock monitor (Varanus glauerti, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to northern Australia); Glauert's monitor[Add to Longdo]
[marugahimeootokage](n) stripe-tailed Goanna (Varanus gilleni, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to northwestern and central Australia)[Add to Longdo]
[manguro-buootokage ; manguro-bumonita-](n) mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from the Western Pacific); mangrove goanna; Western Pacific monitor lizard[Add to Longdo]
[merutensuootokage ; merutensumonita-](n) Mertens' water monitor (Varanus mertensi, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in northern Australia)[Add to Longdo]
[yojiriootokage](n) Timor monitor (Varanus timorensis, species of small carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); spotted tree monitor[Add to Longdo]
[re-suootokage ; re-sumonita-](n) lace monitor (Varanus varius, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in eastern Australia); lace goanna[Add to Longdo]
[ro-zenba-guootokage](n) Heath monitor (Varanus rosenbergi, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in Australia); Rosenberg's monitor[Add to Longdo]
[こがねおおとかげ;コガネオオトカゲ, koganeootokage ; koganeootokage](n) (uk) (See イエローヘッドモニター) quince monitor (Varanus melinus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); yellow-head monitor[Add to Longdo]
[しりとげおおとかげ;シリトゲオオトカゲ, shiritogeootokage ; shiritogeootokage](n) (uk) (See トリスティスモニター) black-headed monitor (Varanus tristis, small species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia); freckled monitor[Add to Longdo]
[みずおおとかげ;ミズオオトカゲ, mizuootokage ; mizuootokage](n) (uk) (See サルバトールモニター) water monitor (Varanus salvator, species of carnivorous monitor lizard common from Sri Lanka in the west to the Philippines in the east); common water monitor[Add to Longdo]
[ナイルおおとかげ;ナイルオオトカゲ, nairu ootokage ; nairuootokage](n) (uk) (See ナイルモニター) Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa); water leguaan[Add to Longdo]