carniferous
English
Adjective
carniferous (comparative more carniferous, superlative most carniferous)
- Obsolete form of carnivorous.
- 1762, C. F. Noble, A Voyage to the East Indies in 1747 and 1748 (page 89)
- […] naked dead bodies hanging on trees, some by the heels, and others by the neck or shoulders, and all the bodies picked or torn by carniferous birds.
- 1762, C. F. Noble, A Voyage to the East Indies in 1747 and 1748 (page 89)