carn in, carnine (karn in)

[L.caro ( carn- ), flesh (see carnal ), + -in2, -ine2.] A substance (C7H8N403) found in muscular ti ue, and hence in the extract of meat. It is a white crystalline powder, not readily soluble in cold water. It forms a distinctly crystalline salt with hydrochloric acid. carnival (kärʼni-val), n. [Formerly car naval = D. karnaval = Dan. Sw. G. karneval, as well as carniprivium, 'flesh-privation,' prop. applied to the beginning of Lent.] 1. The feast or season of rejoicing before Lent, observed in Roman Catholic countries with public merriment and revelry, feasts, balls, operas, concerts, etc. Hence-2. Figuratively, feasting or revelry in general. IMG:content-3160.png:[blocks in formation] Carnival lace, a variety of reticella lace made in Italy, Spain, and France during the sixteenth century. carnivalesque (kärni-va-lesk'), a . [ carn i val + -esque ; after It. carnovalesco .] Pertaining to or resembling a carnival; suitable to or in keeping with a carnival. [Rare.] I ought fairly to confe that my last impre ion of the Carnival was altogether carnivalesque . H. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 133. Carnivora (kär-niv'ō-rä), n. pl . [L., neut. pl. of carnivorus : see carnivorous .] 1. [l. c.] In general, carnivorous animals; animals that feed on flesh.-2. In Cuvier's system of cla ification, the carnivorous mammals proper; the Carnaria or Carna ia of Cuvier without the Insect i vor a , the Chiropter a , and the carnivorous Marsupial i a , forming the third family of his Carnaria, and divided into the tribes Planti grad a, Digit i grad a , and Amphibia (or Pinni grad a , the seals, etc.). The term was long almost universally used in this sense, and is still current; but it is now usually superseded by Feræ as an order of mammals, divided into Fi iped i a and Pinniped i a , or terrestrial and amphibial carnivores. The technical characters of the order are given under Feræ (which see). 3. In entom., in Latreille's system, the first family of pentamerous Coleoptera , or beetles: synonymous with Adephaga . carnivora city (kärni-vō-ras'i-ti), n. nivorous ; the term. after voracity .] Greedine of appetite for flesh. Pope . [Rare.] Carnivoræ (kär-niv'ō-rē), n. pl . [NL., fem. pl. of L. carnivorus : see carnivorous .] In ichth ., a division of cyprinodont fishes. See Cyprino dontida. IMG:content-3161.png:[graphic] [ car carnivoral (kär-niv'ō-ral), a. [ carnivore Placed in a caroche. 828 That the carnivore may live herbivores must die. H. Spencer , Data of Ethics, p. 17. carnivority (kär-ni-vor'i-ti), n. Same as car nivorousne . [Rare.]