noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
carnivorous; carnivorousness
Used in biological or ecological contexts to describe animals that eat meat. Often appears as a noun or with の to modify another noun.
ライオンは肉食性の動物です。
Lions are carnivorous animals.
肉食性の植物も存在する。
Carnivorous plants also exist.
Omnivorous; eating both plants and meat.
Compound of 肉食 (にくしょく, 'meat-eating') + 性 (せい, 'nature, property').