Omnivorous
11omnivorous — 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 …
12omnivorous — 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.… …
13omnivorous — adjective a) Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor herbivorous. 2003 Winchester, Simon, The Meaning of Everything; The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, New York: Oxford University Press. p72: b) Having an interest in a …
14omnivorous — adj. Omnivorous is used with these nouns: ↑reader …
15omnivorous — om•niv•o•rous [[t]ɒmˈnɪv ər əs[/t]] adj. 1) ecl feeding on both animals and plants 2) eating all kinds of foods indiscriminately 3) taking in everything, as with the mind: an omnivorous reader[/ex] • Etymology: 1650–60; < L omnivorus=omni omni …
16omnivorous — /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 …
17omnivorous — eating both plants and animals …
18omnivorous — adj. [L. omnis, all; vorare, to devour] Capable of obtaining nourishment from both animal and plant tissue …
19omnivorous — Living on food of all kinds, upon both animal and vegetable food. [L. omnis, all, + voro, to eat] * * * om·niv·o·rous äm niv (ə )rəs adj eating both animal and plant matter om·niv·o·rous·ly adv om·niv·o·rous·ness n * * * om·niv·o·rous (om nivґ …
20omnivorous — Synonyms and related words: Apician, a hog for, acquisitive, all devouring, avaricious, avid, bolting, bottomless, cannibal, cannibalistic, carnivorous, commensal, coveting, covetous, cramming, crapulent, crapulous, devouring, dietetic, dining,… …
