omnivorous
eating both animal and plant foods.
eating all kinds of foods indiscriminately.
taking in everything, as with the mind: an omnivorous reader.
Origin of omnivorous
1Other words from omnivorous
- om·niv·o·rism, noun
- om·niv·o·rous·ly, adverb
- om·niv·o·rous·ness, noun
- om·niv·o·rism, noun
Words that may be confused with omnivorous
- carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous
Words Nearby omnivorous
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How to use omnivorous in a sentence
Fat Bear Week celebrates Ursidae body image in the best way, as these omnivorous mammals are gorging before hibernation.
Environment Report: County Celebrates Then Sinks Its Climate Plan | MacKenzie Elmer | September 28, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoIf one had to describe his intellectual predilections in a word, it would have to be “omnivorous.”
Welcome to Tyler Cowen’s Future of Genius Machines | Robert Herritt | September 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTVegan women are only one-fifth as likely to have twins as are vegetarian and omnivorous women.
Can Food Make You Infertile? Foods to Eat and Avoid | Anneli Rufus | December 9, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTHe has an omnivorous and hyper intellect, and a quick wit—and is easily bored.
The Daily Beast is the omnivorous friend who hears about the best stuff and forwards it to you with a twist.
It is quite within the limits of probability, for instance, that the man-ape at an early date became omnivorous in its diet.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisThe young gorilla which was kept in captivity at Berlin became quite omnivorous in its diet.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisShe was an omnivorous reader, especially of philosophic works, and very fond of discussing what she read.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. TrowbridgeThey have a prejudice against milk; but in the matter of other sorts of food are omnivorous.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon LathamLike many Edinburgh shopkeepers, Mr. Traill was a man of superior education and an omnivorous reader.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson
British Dictionary definitions for omnivorous
/ (ɒmˈnɪvərəs) /
eating food of both animal and vegetable origin, or any type of food indiscriminately
taking in or assimilating everything, esp with the mind
Origin of omnivorous
1Derived forms of omnivorous
- omnivorously, adverb
- omnivorousness, noun
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