Carnivores, herbivores and omnivoresA ‘carnivore’ is a meat eating animal. It eats other animals.‘The lion is a carnivore, as is the leopard.’Carnivorous, an adjective, means ‘meat-eating’.‘The Tasmanian devil is the world's largest carnivorous marsupial.’A ‘herbivore’ is an animal that eats only plants.‘Zebras are herbivores.’An ‘omnivore’ is an animal that is able to eat both animal and plant life.‘People are omnivores.’Flickr CC: Chen Wu