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om⋅niv⋅o⋅rous

[om-niv-er-uh

–adjective

1.	eating both animal and plant foods.

2.	eating all kinds of foods indiscriminately.

3.	taking in everything, as with the mind: an omnivorous reader.

Origin:
1650–60; < L omnivorus, equiv. to omni- omni- + -vorus -vorous

Related forms:

om⋅niv⋅o⋅rism, noun

om⋅niv⋅o⋅rous⋅ly, adverb

om⋅niv⋅o⋅rous⋅ness, noun

om⋅niv⋅o⋅rism, noun

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om·niv·o·rous (ŏm-nĭv'ər-əs)

adj.

Eating both animal and vegetable foods.
Taking in everything available, as with the mind: an omnivorous reader.

[From Latin omnivorus : omni-, omni- + -vorus, -vorous.]
om·niv'o·rous·ly adv., om·niv'o·rous·ness n.

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Omnivorous

Om*niv"o*rous\, a. [L. omnivorus; omnis all + vorate to eat greedily. See Voracious.] All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as, omnivorous vanity; esp. (Zo["o]l.), eating both animal and vegetable food. -- Om*niv"o*rous*ness, n.

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omnivorous

1656, from L. omnivorus "all-devouring," from omnis "all" (see omni-) + vorare "devour, swallow." Omnivore (n.) formed 1890 on model of carnivore.

Main Entry: om·niv·o·rous
Pronunciation: äm-'niv-(&-)r&s
Function: adjective
: eating both animal and plant matter —om·niv·o·rous·ly adverb —om·niv·o·rous·ness noun

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

omnivorous adjective

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