omnivorous
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Etymology [edit]
From the Latin omni, all and -vore.
Adjective [edit]
omnivorous (not comparable)
- Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor herbivorous.
- (figuratively) Having an interest in a variety of subjects.
- 2003 Winchester, Simon, The Meaning of Everything; The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, New York: Oxford University Press. p72:
- He was omnivorous in his appetite for knowledge, quite catholic in his range of interests […]
- 2003 Winchester, Simon, The Meaning of Everything; The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, New York: Oxford University Press. p72:
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Translations [edit]
having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food
