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omnivorous

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om⋅niv⋅o⋅rous

  [om-niv-er-uhs]
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–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.  

  1. Eating both animal and vegetable foods.

  2. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

omnivorous 
1656, from L. omnivorus "all-devouring," from omnis "all" (see omni-) + vorare "devour, swallow." Omnivore (n.) formed 1890 on model of carnivore.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

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
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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