Carnivory

Translation of "carnivory" into Russian

Noun

carnivory

carnivories pl

Usually treated as an uncountable noun referring to the practice or condition of meat-eating.

Carnivory is an essential ecological interaction that shapes food webs.

Плотоядность — важное экологическое взаимодействие, формирующее пищевые сети.

мясоедение

Human carnivory has increased over the past century.

Человеческое мясоедение возросло за последнее столетие.

Additional translations

Экологический контекст; акцент на хищническом способе питания.

Noun

The practice or habit of feeding on other animals; meat-eating.

Carnivory is an essential ecological interaction that shapes food webs.

(Biology) The evolutionary adaptation or condition of being carnivorous in a species or lineage.

Researchers have tracked the emergence of carnivory in early theropod dinosaurs.