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omnivorous

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɒmˈnɪvərəs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɑmˈnɪvərəs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(om niv′ər əs)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
om•niv•o•rous /ɑmˈnɪvərəs/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Ecologyfeeding on both animals and plants.
  2. eating all kinds of foods.
  3. taking in everything, such as with the mind:an omnivorous reader.
om•ni•vore /ˈɑmnəˌvɔr/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]See -vor-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
om•niv•o•rous  (om niv′ər əs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Ecologyeating both animal and plant foods.
  2. eating all kinds of foods indiscriminately.
  3. taking in everything, as with the mind:an omnivorous reader.
  • Latin omnivorus, equivalent. to omni- omni- + -vorus -vorous
  • 1650–60
om•niv′o•rism, n. 
om•niv′o•rous•ly, adv. 
om•niv′o•rous•ness, n. 
om•niv′o•rism, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
omnivorous /ɒmˈnɪvərəs/ adj
  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
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin omnivorus all-devouring, from omni- + vorāre to eat greedilyomˈnivorously adv omˈnivorousness n
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