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omnivorous

[ om-niv-er-uhs ]

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.



omnivorous

/ ɒˈɪəə /

adjective

  1. eating food of both animal and vegetable origin, or any type of food indiscriminately
  2. taking in or assimilating everything, esp with the mind
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • dzˈԾǰdzܲԱ, noun
  • dzˈԾǰdzܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

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  • dz·Ծo·dzܲ· adverb
  • dz·Ծo·dzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of omnivorous1

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin omnivorus “all-devouring”; equivalent to omni- + -vorous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of omnivorous1

C17: from Latin omnivorus all-devouring, from omni- + ǰ to eat greedily
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Therizinosaurs were a group of either herbivorous or omnivorous theropod dinosaurs that lived in Asia and North America during the Cretaceous Period, which began 145 million years ago and ended 66 million years ago.

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They were omnivorous and unconcerned with propriety — or the appearance of restraint.

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For smaller omnivorous and carnivorous mammals such as masked palm civets or elephant shrews, nectar can act as a high-calorie supplement.

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Robert Rogers, who spent 12 years as an omnivorous weight lifter before switching to a plant-based diet in 2020, thinks he looks "10 times better" than he did five years ago.

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Harrison has an omnivorous musical diet; only someone who has already listened to a lot of throat singing music would get served Huun-Huur-Tu by an algorithm.

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