Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An omnivorous animal.
- noun One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An omnivorous animal, or one whose food is extremely varied in its character. Good examples of omnivores are to be found in some of the small monkeys that feed on fruit, eggs, insects, and birds. Correlative with herbivore, carnivore, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
animal which is able toconsume bothplants (like aherbivore ) andmeat (like acarnivore ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who eats all kinds of foods
- noun an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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At the press of a button, drivers can choose between normal, sport and eco, which you might characterize as omnivore, carnivore and vegan, respectively.
Nissan Juke review: Carmaker heads in new direction with peppy little 'sport cross' - latimes.com 2010
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At the press of a button, drivers can choose between normal, sport and eco, which you might characterize as omnivore, carnivore and vegan, respectively.
Nissan Juke review: Carmaker heads in new direction with peppy little 'sport cross' - latimes.com 2010
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But she was a literary "omnivore," and on this day her eye fell on Alvin M.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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But she was a literary "omnivore," and on this day her eye fell on Alvin M.
Very Late Returns 2009
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I am a non-veggie married to a veggie...... lunch-meat sliced turkey or roast beef or whatnot has been one of my solutions of late for easy meat, but then, I'm the kind of omnivore who doesn't really like meat that much, but needs a high protein diet and just finds it easier.
I became a vegetarian and celebrated with beef lasagne StyleyGeek 2007
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In some way, Entelodonts could represent a continuation of "Andrewsarchid" morphotype, a kind of omnivore, bone-crushing, carrion-eater that could represent the original morphotype of hypothetical mesonychian-andrewsarchid-cetartiodactyl common ancestor.
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Write a haiku in the Comments section with the words, "omnivore" and "fox" and enter to win a pair of tickets to the SOLD OUT 8 p.m. event at the Herbst Theater on Friday.
SFist 2009
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Write a haiku in the Comments section with the words, "omnivore" and "fox" and enter to win a pair of tickets to the SOLD OUT 8 p.m. event at the Herbst Theater on Friday.
SFist 2009
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From the neck down, Homo sapiens are almost exactly like our probable ancestor Homo Habilis: a clever, opportunistic, mid-sized omnivore, lightly built and sneaky.
Michael Boblett: Exercise for Life -- Not Looks! Michael Boblett 2011
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From the neck down, Homo sapiens are almost exactly like our probable ancestor Homo Habilis: a clever, opportunistic, mid-sized omnivore, lightly built and sneaky.
Michael Boblett: Exercise for Life -- Not Looks! Michael Boblett 2011
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