Context: These were animals that preyed on other living animals: the carnivores, or meat-eaters.
(These; were; animals that preyed on other living animals: the carnivores, or meat-eaters) (animals; preyed; the carnivores, or meat-eaters)
These animals
were preyed
animals that preyed on other living animals: the carnivores, or meat-eaters
the carnivores, or meat-eaters