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om⋅ni⋅vore

  [om-nuh-vawr, -vohr]
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–noun
1. someone or something that is omnivorous.
2. an omnivorous animal.
Origin:
1885–90; < F, on the model of carnivore, etc.
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om·ni·vore   (ŏm'nə-vôr', -vōr')   
n.  

  1. An omnivorous person or animal.

  2. One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.


[From New Latin Omnivora, omnivores, from neuter pl. of Latin omnivorus, omnivorous; see omnivorous.]
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Cultural Dictionary

omnivore [(om-nuh-vawr)]

An animal whose normal diet includes both plants and animals. Human beings and bears, for instance, are omnivores.

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Medical Dictionary

omnivore om·ni·vore (ŏm'nə-vôr')
n.
An omnivorous person or animal.

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Science Dictionary
omnivore   (ŏm'nə-vôr')  Pronunciation Key 
An organism that eats both plants and animals.

omnivorous adjective
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