omnivorous animal

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• omnivorous — UK [ɒmˈnɪv(ə)rəs] / US [ɑmˈnɪvərəs] adjective 1) biology an omnivorous animal eats both plants and meat 2) interested in a wide variety of things an omnivorous reader …   English dictionary

• Omnivorous — Om*niv o*rous, a. [L. omnivorus; omnis all + vorate to eat greedily. See {Voracious}.] 1. All devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as, omnivorous vanity; an omnivorous intellect. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. Specifically: (Zo[ o]l.), Eating… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• omnivorous — [äm niv′ə rəs] adj. [L omnivorus: see OMNI & VOROUS] 1. eating any sort of food, esp. both animal and vegetable food 2. taking in everything indiscriminately, as with the intellect [an omnivorous reader] omnivorously adv. omnivorousness n …   English World dictionary

• omnivorous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) feeding on a variety of food of both plant and animal origin. 2) indiscriminate in taking in or using whatever is available. DERIVATIVES omnivorously adverb …   English terms dictionary

• omnivorous — [[t]ɒmnɪ̱vərəs[/t]] 1) ADJ An omnivorous person or animal eats all kinds of food, including both meat and plants. [TECHNICAL or, FORMAL] Brown bears are omnivorous, eating anything that they can get their paws on. 2) ADJ Omnivorous means liking a …   English dictionary

• animal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Any living thing not a plant Nouns 1. animal, beast, brute, creature, living thing, creeping thing, dumb animal; fauna, animal kingdom; buck, bull, bullock; doe; domestic animal, draft animal; wild… …   English dictionary for students

• omnivorous — om|niv|o|rous [ɔmˈnıvərəs US a:m ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: omnivorus, from omni ( OMNI ) + vorus eating ] 1.) an animal that is omnivorous eats both meat and plants →↑carnivorous, herbivorous ↑herbivorous 2.) formal interested in… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• omnivorous — adjective technical 1 an animal that is omnivorous eats both meat and plants 2 interested in everything, especially in all books: an omnivorous reader …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• omnivorous — adjective Etymology: Latin omnivorus, from omni + vorus vorous Date: circa 1656 1. feeding on both animal and vegetable substances 2. avidly taking in everything as if devouring or consuming < an omnivorous reader > • omnivorously adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• omnivorous — omnivorism, n. omnivorously, adv. omnivorousness, n. omnivorism, n. /om niv euhr euhs/, adj. 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.… …   Universalium

• omnivorous — /ɒmˈnɪvərəs / (say om nivuhruhs) adjective 1. eating all kinds of foods indiscriminately. 2. eating both animal and plant foods. 3. taking in everything, as with the mind: *she had been an omnivorous reader in her young days –miles franklin, 1963 …