hypercarnivore

Noun

Meaning

Any animal whose diet is predominantly (more than 70%) meat from animals.
Most sharks are hypercarnivores.

(paleobiology) Any creature with an increased slicing component of dentition relative to the grinding component.

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Hypercarnivore feliforms (felids and nimravids) occupied an area that canids did not and where felids, nimravids, and hypercarnivorous creodonts are found. Source: Internet

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