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- noun The condition of being
omnivorous
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Examples
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This New York Times interview covers carnivorous cave bears, even more carnivorous Neanderthals, and the possibility that H. sapiens greater omnivory might have given us a competitive advantage.
Archive 2005-06-01 2005
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Heavyworld-personnel reverted to barbaric omnivory.
Survivors McCaffrey, Anne 1984
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Instead, the researchers suspect that the canines were used as defensive weapons against predators, or for adding occasional small animals such as insects, small mammals and reptiles to a diet composed mainly of plants -- what the authors refers to as "occasional omnivory."
Scientific Blogging 2008
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Instead, the researchers suspect that the canines were used as defensive weapons against predators, or for adding occasional small animals such as insects, small mammals and reptiles to a diet composed mainly of plants -- what the authors refers to as "occasional omnivory."
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The teeth suggest Heterodontosaurus practiced occasional omnivory: the canines were used for defense or for adding small animals such as insects to a diet composed mainly of plants.
Scientific Blogging 2008
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Approximately 2.5 million years of human omnivory / faunivory are apparent in the record, with genetic adaptation to that diet the inevitable and inescapable outcome of evolution.
Latest Articles 2008
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Instead, the researchers suspect that the canines were used as defensive weapons against predators, or for adding occasional small animals such as insects, small mammals and reptiles to a diet composed mainly of plants -- what the authors refers to as "occasional omnivory."
Scientific Blogging 2008
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MEGAN: I am not squeamish about my omnivory, but if you get squicked, don't watch,
Jezebel 2008
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The teeth suggest Heterodontosaurus practiced occasional omnivory: the canines were used for defense or for adding small animals such as insects to a diet composed mainly of plants.
Scientific Blogging 2008
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"occasional omnivory" could mean it represents a transitional phase between
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